The Mad Genius (1931)
1h 21m
Running Time
September 30, 1931Release Date
The Mad Genius (1931)
1h 21m
Running Time
September 30, 1931Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

John 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)

Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)

Walter Miller
Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Moran
Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

Charles Williams
Stagehand (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Curtain Man (uncredited)
Media.




Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
cabaret
puppeteer
puppet
ballet
pre-code
ballerina
Wiki.
The Mad Genius (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris Karloff and Frankie Darro. The film is based on the play The Idol (1929) by Martin Brown, which opened in Great Neck, Long Island but never opened on Broadway.
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