The Mad Genius (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 a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
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John Barrymore
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
as Nana Carlova
as Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
as Karimsky
as Karimsky
Donald Cook
as Fedor Ivanoff
as Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
as Sergei Bankieff
as Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
as Sonya Preskoya
as Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet
as Count Robert Renaud
as Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
as Fedor as a Boy
as Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman
as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae Madison
as Olga Chekova (uncredited)
as Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Walter Miller
as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Moran
as Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
as Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
Charles Williams
as Stagehand (uncredited)
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
as Curtain Man (uncredited)
as Curtain Man (uncredited)
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Martin Brown
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
David Mendoza
Conductor
Conductor
Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
Choreographer
Charles Weidman
Stunt Double
Stunt Double
Michael Curtiz
Director
Director
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
Screenplay
Harvey F. Thew
Screenplay
Screenplay
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Art Direction
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
David Mendoza
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Earl Luick
Costume Design
Costume Design
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Editor
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