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The Mad Genius (1931)
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"Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!"
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Score
63
NR
1 hr 21 min
Nov 7th, 1931
Drama
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Horror
,
Romance
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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.
Starring
John Barrymore
Marian Marsh
Charles Butterworth
Director
Michael Curtiz
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Theatrical Release:
November 7th, 1931
Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Movie Tags:
pre-code
ballet
puppet
cabaret
ballerina
puppeteer
Cast & Crew
J
John Barrymore
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
M
Marian Marsh
as Nana Carlova
C
Charles Butterworth
as Karimsky
D
Donald Cook
as Fedor Ivanoff
L
Luis Alberni
as Sergei Bankieff
C
Carmel Myers
as Sonya Preskoya
M
Martin Brown
Theatre Play
D
David Mendoza
Conductor
A
Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
C
Charles Weidman
Stunt Double
M
Michael Curtiz
Director
J
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
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