The Mad Genius

The Mad Genius

81 mins | Drama, Horror, Romance | Sept. 30, 1931

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.

The Mad Genius

81 mins | Drama, Horror, Romance | Sept. 30, 1931

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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Mad Genius
Directors Michael Curtiz
Writers Martin Brown, J. Grubb Alexander, Harvey F. Thew

Cast

John Barrymore

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Marian Marsh

as Nana Carlova

Charles Butterworth

as Karimsky

Donald Cook

as Fedor Ivanoff

Luis Alberni

as Sergei Bankieff

Carmel Myers

as Sonya Preskoya

André Luguet

as Count Robert Renaud (as Andre Luguet)

Frankie Darro

as Fedor as a Boy

Chester A. Bachman

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Charles Brinley

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

as Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Mae Madison

as Olga Chekova (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Moran

as Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

Charles Williams

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

as Curtain Man (uncredited)