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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.
The Mad Genius
September 30, 1931
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Cast (16)
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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)
Crew (12)
Directing
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Michael Curtiz
Director
Writing
Production
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David Mendoza
Conductor
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David Mendoza
Original Music Composer
Art
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Anton Grot
Art Direction
Camera
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Barney McGill
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
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Earl Luick
Costume Design
Crew
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Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
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Charles Weidman
Stunt Double
Editing
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Ralph Dawson
Editor