About the film
cabaret puppeteer puppet ballet pre-code ballerina
The Mad Genius
Release Date: September 30, 1931
| Year | : | 1931 |
| Slogan | : | «Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!» |
| Genres | : | Drama, Horror, Romance |
| Production Companies | : | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Director | : | Michael Curtiz |
| Producers | : | |
| Writers | : | Harvey F. Thew, J. Grubb Alexander, Martin Brown |
| RunTime | : | 81 mins. |
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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Trailer: The Mad Genius - Original Theatrical Trailer
Main Actors
John Barrymore
Character : Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
Character : Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
Character : Karimsky
Donald Cook
Character : Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
Character : Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
Character : Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet
Character : Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
Character : Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman
Character : Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Character : Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Character : Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae Madison
Character : Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Character : Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Moran
Character : Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
Charles Williams
Character : Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Character : Curtain Man (uncredited)
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