The Mad Genius
“Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!”
Synopsis
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Edited by Ralph DawsonShot by Barney Mcgill
Also known as
- El ídoloes
- Le Génie foufr
- Il diavolo sciancatoit
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
John Barrymore
as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
as Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
as Karimsky
Donald Cook
as Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
as Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
as Sonya Preskoya
Andre Luguet
as Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
as Fedor as a Boy
Chester A Bachman
as Poster Hanger
Charles Brinley
as Poster Hanger
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