The Mad Genius (1931)
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
81 min
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.
- Release date
- September 30, 1931
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
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
- Frankie Darro as Fedor as a Boy
- Chester A. Bachman as Poster Hanger
- Charles Brinley as Poster Hanger
Crew
- Michael Curtiz · Director
- Martin Brown · Writer
- J. Grubb Alexander · Writer
- Harvey F. Thew · Writer
- Barney McGill · Cinematographer
- Ralph Dawson · Editor