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The Mad Genius

Genre:DramaHorrorRomance

Released:1931-09-30

Runtime:81

Overview

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:

John Barrymore

Character: Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

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Marian Marsh

Character: Nana Carlova

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Charles Butterworth

Character: Karimsky

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Donald Cook

Character: Fedor Ivanoff

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Luis Alberni

Character: Sergei Bankieff

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Carmel Myers

Character: Sonya Preskoya

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André Luguet

Character: Count Robert Renaud

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Frankie Darro

Character: Fedor as a Boy

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Chester A. Bachman

Character: Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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Charles Brinley

Character: Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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Boris Karloff

Character: Fedor's Father (uncredited)

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Mae Madison

Character: Olga Chekova (uncredited)

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Walter Miller

Character: Opera Spectator (uncredited)

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Lee Moran

Character: Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

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Charles Williams

Character: Stagehand (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Character: Curtain Man (uncredited)

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