The Mad Genius
“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.
Genres
Drama, Horror, Romance
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
Cast
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Nana Carlova
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
Karimsky
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
Fedor Ivanoff
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
Sergei Bankieff
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
Sonya Preskoya
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
Count Robert Renaud
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
Fedor as a Boy
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)
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