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The Mad Genius
1 hour 21 minutes1931-09-30
6.2
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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.
Cast
![John Barrymore](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rteTiRqFoINZvf3qoXk6nHE7ekk.jpg)
John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
![Marian Marsh](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//12nk0DyuF3pffqJIctgA1eKnimC.jpg)
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
![Charles Butterworth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gf1IZXYGi1Q0ma5LIs3204m1K66.jpg)
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
![Donald Cook](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//i0AgYtBb3jyorw1YU3odb4P726d.jpg)
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
![Luis Alberni](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//l9T44h8op9ZT3Xx0RrhAzT6jaMc.jpg)
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
![Carmel Myers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//luwxFt2l94suViJ1l1g7T9yui3W.jpg)
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
![André Luguet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xH9Qv3BCQ2VOXbkl5RA7aEhvtBb.jpg)
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
![Frankie Darro](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kTDMbr8WRWufs5fBKa8uDW0YMq7.jpg)
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
![Chester A. Bachman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uMDf9ayiU9qrSsCykBmU4yIGukQ.jpg)
Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
![Charles Brinley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3C9XOGCv7ZFZMUIRNG7eG5KKysZ.jpg)
Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
![Boris Karloff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fVi0QkiziavXB8HnWk5NzRcnCO1.jpg)
Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
![Mae Madison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pWJ4OMZhs7exUCdrupOygPNpmpY.jpg)
Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)
![Walter Miller](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sg0Ruah5XQ4UhBAIMeEISqSwlQJ.jpg)
Walter Miller
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
![Lee Moran](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cCjOjqOukzozEbC9mbCvgKG28Eq.jpg)
Lee Moran
Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
![Charles Williams](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charles Williams
Stagehand (uncredited)
![Harry Wilson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jbJHEyDbCRyD7hnUbmNjCNqWTMT.jpg)