
The Mad Genius
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.
Top Billed Cast

John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova

Charles Butterworth
Karimsky

Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff

Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
Featured Crew
Martin Brown
Theatre Play

David Mendoza
Conductor
Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
Charles Weidman
Stunt Double

Michael Curtiz
Director
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
Harvey F. Thew
Screenplay

David Mendoza
Original Music Composer
Barney McGill
Director of Photography
Ralph Dawson
Editor
Anton Grot
Art Direction
Earl Luick
Costume Design