The Mad Genius (1931)
"Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!"

Title: The Mad Genius
Original Title: The Mad Genius
Release Date: 1931-09-30
Status: Released
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 20 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures
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.
Cast

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)