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The Mad Genius

Release Year
1931
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama
Horror
Romance
Directed By
Not Available
The Mad Genius

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 & Crew

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)

Crew

J. Grubb Alexander

Screenplay

Harvey F. Thew

Screenplay

Barney McGill

Director of Photography

David Mendoza

Original Music Composer

Ralph Dawson

Editor

Earl Luick

Costume Design

Martin Brown

Theatre Play

David Mendoza

Conductor

Adolph Bolm

Choreographer

Charles Weidman

Stunt Double

Anton Grot

Art Direction

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