The Mad Genius

The Mad Genius

Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!

1931 en 81 minutes

Rating: 6.3

Plot

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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Cast

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Marian Marsh

Marian Marsh

Nana Carlova

Charles Butterworth

Charles Butterworth

Karimsky

Donald Cook

Donald Cook

Fedor Ivanoff

Luis Alberni

Luis Alberni

Sergei Bankieff

Carmel Myers

Carmel Myers

Sonya Preskoya

André Luguet

André Luguet

Count Robert Renaud

Frankie Darro

Frankie Darro

Fedor as a Boy

Chester A. Bachman

Chester A. Bachman

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Charles Brinley

Charles Brinley

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Mae Madison

Mae Madison

Olga Chekova (uncredited)

Walter Miller

Walter Miller

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Moran

Lee Moran

Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

Charles Williams

Charles Williams

Stagehand (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

Harry Wilson

Curtain Man (uncredited)

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