The Mad Genius

1h 21m

Drama Horror Romance

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