The Mad Genius

Story Line

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.

“Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!”

Top 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