The Mad Genius
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
1931 | 81m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
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| Writer: | J. Grubb Alexander, Harvey F. Thew |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 30, 1931 |
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| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Writer: | J. Grubb Alexander, Harvey F. Thew |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Horror |
| Keywords | cabaret, puppeteer, puppet, ballet, pre-code, ballerina |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Boris Karloff | Fedor's Father (uncredited) |
| Mae Madison | Olga Chekova (uncredited) |
| Walter Miller | Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
| Lee Moran | Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited) |
| Charles Williams | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Curtain Man (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Curtiz | Director |
| David Mendoza | Original Music Composer, Conductor |
| Adolph Bolm | Choreographer |
| Charles Weidman | Stunt Double |
| J. Grubb Alexander | Screenplay |
| Harvey F. Thew | Screenplay |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Dawson | Editor |
| Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| Martin Brown | Theatre Play |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 43 | 52 | 33 |
| 2024 | 6 | 21 | 47 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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