The Mad Genius (1931)
6.3|30 Sept, 1931|81 min
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
6.3|30 Sept, 1931|81 min
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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.
Keywords
cabaret
puppeteer
puppet
ballet
pre-code
ballerina
Casts
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)
Crews
Martin Brown
Theatre Play
David Mendoza
Conductor
Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
Charles Weidman
Stunt Double
Michael Curtiz
Director
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
Harvey F. Thew
Screenplay
David Mendoza
Original Music Composer
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Backdrops & Posters
