The Mad Genius

Directed by Michael Curtiz
Not Rated
1931    81m[Horror](/on-demand/category/horror), [Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)
6.362%6.4
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.

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Cast of The Mad Genius

  • John BarrymoreVladimar Ivan Tsarakov
  • Marian MarshNana Carlova
  • Charles ButterworthKarimsky
  • Donald CookFedor Ivanoff
  • Luis AlberniSergei Bankieff
  • Carmel MyersSonya Preskoya
  • André LuguetCount Robert Renaud
  • Frankie DarroFedor as a Boy
  • Chester A. BachmanPoster Hanger (uncredited)
  • Charles BrinleyPoster Hanger (uncredited)
  • Boris KarloffFedor's Father (uncredited)
  • Mae MadisonOlga Chekova (uncredited)
  • Walter MillerOpera Spectator (uncredited)
  • Lee MoranMontmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
  • Charles WilliamsStagehand (uncredited)
  • Harry WilsonCurtain Man (uncredited)
  • Michael CurtizDirector
  • Harvey F. ThewScreenplay
  • J. Grubb AlexanderScreenplay
  • Anton GrotArt Direction

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