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The Mad Genius

6.419311h 21mNRMovieDramaHorrorRomance

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.

DirectorMichael Curtiz
WritersJ. Grubb Alexander·Harvey F. Thew

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Cast · Directed by Michael Curtiz

JBJohn Barrymore
John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
MMMarian Marsh
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
CBCharles Butterworth
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
DCDonald Cook
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
LALuis Alberni
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
CMCarmel Myers
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
ALAndré Luguet
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
FDFrankie Darro
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
CBChester A. Bachman
Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
CBCharles Brinley
Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
BKBoris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
MMMae Madison
Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)

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