

The Mad Genius
Visit website6.3/10 • 20
1931-09-30 • 1h 21m
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
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.
- Directors
- Michael Curtiz
- Editors
- Ralph Dawson

The Mad Genius
Visit website1931-09-30 • 1h 21m
6.3/10 • 20
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
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.
- Directors
- Michael Curtiz
- Editors
- Ralph Dawson
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJohn Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- cabaretpuppeteerpuppetballetpre-codeballerina