The Mad Genius (1931)
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
1931 · NR · 1h 21m · Drama, Horror, Romance
Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance
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.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: J. Grubb Alexander, Harvey F. Thew
Music by: David Mendoza
Cinematography: Barney McGill
Editor: Ralph Dawson
Cast
John Barrymore as Vladimar Ivan TsarakovMarian Marsh as Nana CarlovaCharles Butterworth as KarimskyDonald Cook as Fedor IvanoffLuis Alberni as Sergei BankieffCarmel Myers as Sonya PreskoyaAndré Luguet as Count Robert RenaudFrankie Darro as Fedor as a BoyChester 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)More like this
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