The Mad Genius
1931
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
Directed by Michael Curtiz
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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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- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Written by
- Harvey F. Thew, J. Grubb Alexander
- Composer
- David Mendoza
- Cinematographer
- Barney McGill
- Editor
- Ralph Dawson
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 6.3/10 (22 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.3/10 (836 votes)
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)
