Film
The Mad Genius
1931 · 1h 21m · Drama · Horror · Romance
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
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Overview
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 CurtizDirector
- J. Grubb AlexanderScreenplay
- Harvey F. ThewScreenplay
- Barney McGillDirector of Photography
- David MendozaOriginal Music Composer
- Ralph DawsonEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 30, 1931
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Romance
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