The Mad Genius

1h 21m
DramaHorrorRomance
6.3

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.

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)

Crew

Michael Curtiz
Director
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
Harvey F. Thew
Screenplay
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
Earl Luick
Costume Design
David Mendoza
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Charles Weidman
Stunt Double
Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
Martin Brown
Theatre Play
Anton Grot
Art Direction

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