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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."

Cast

29578

John Barrymore

as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

96740

Marian Marsh

as Nana Carlova

90380

Charles Butterworth

as Karimsky

97775

Donald Cook

as Fedor Ivanoff

30264

Luis Alberni

as Sergei Bankieff

108102

Carmel Myers

as Sonya Preskoya

126744

André Luguet

as Count Robert Renaud

67370

Frankie Darro

as Fedor as a Boy

1526344

Chester A. Bachman

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

1271045

Charles Brinley

as Poster Hanger (uncredited)

2922

Boris Karloff

as Fedor's Father (uncredited)

588989

Mae Madison

as Olga Chekova (uncredited)

99464

Walter Miller

as Opera Spectator (uncredited)

1064199

Lee Moran

as Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

120544

Charles Williams

as Stagehand (uncredited)

1045763

Harry Wilson

as Curtain Man (uncredited)

Crew

1010104

Martin Brown

Theatre Play

29969

David Mendoza

Conductor

1518938

Adolph Bolm

Choreographer

2253474

Charles Weidman

Stunt Double

4109

Michael Curtiz

Director

932645

J. Grubb Alexander

Screenplay

128355

Harvey F. Thew

Screenplay

29969

David Mendoza

Original Music Composer

96052

Barney McGill

Director of Photography

8715

Ralph Dawson

Editor

32999

Anton Grot

Art Direction

14650

Earl Luick

Costume Design