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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.

1931 |1h 21m |  Drama, Horror, Romance

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Cast

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John Barrymore

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

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Marian Marsh

Nana Carlova

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Charles Butterworth

Karimsky

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Donald Cook

Fedor Ivanoff

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Luis Alberni

Sergei Bankieff

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Carmel Myers

Sonya Preskoya

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André Luguet

Count Robert Renaud

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Frankie Darro

Fedor as a Boy

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Chester A. Bachman

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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Charles Brinley

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

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Boris Karloff

Fedor's Father (uncredited)

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Mae Madison

Olga Chekova (uncredited)

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Walter Miller

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

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Lee Moran

Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

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Charles Williams

Stagehand (uncredited)

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Harry Wilson

Curtain Man (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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