The Mad Genius
(1931)

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

Released: 1931-09-30

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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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John Barrymore

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

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Marian Marsh

as Nana Carlova

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Donald Cook

as Fedor Ivanoff

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Luis Alberni

as Sergei Bankieff

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Carmel Myers

as Sonya Preskoya

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André Luguet

as Count Robert Renaud

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Frankie Darro

as Fedor as a Boy

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Chester A. Bachman

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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Charles Brinley

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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Boris Karloff

as Fedor's Father (uncredited)

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Mae Madison

as Olga Chekova (uncredited)

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Walter Miller

as Opera Spectator (uncredited)

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Lee Moran

as Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

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Charles Williams

as Stagehand (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

as Curtain Man (uncredited)

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Adolph Bolm

Choreographer

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Anton Grot

Art Direction

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Barney McGill

Director of Photography

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David Mendoza

Original Music Composer

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