The Mad Genius
20 reviews
Drama/Horror
1h 21m
1931
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with...
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A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
- DirectorMichael Curtiz
- Release30 September 1931
- Genre
- Duration1h 21m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate20 reviews
- Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast

John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova

Charles Butterworth
Karimsky

Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff

Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff

Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya

André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud

Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy

Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)

Walter Miller
Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Moran
Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

Charles Williams
Stagehand (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Curtain Man (uncredited)
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