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.

• Michael CurtizDirector
• J. Grubb AlexanderScreenplay
• Harvey F. ThewScreenplay
• David MendozaOriginal Music Composer

• John BarrymoreVladimar Ivan Tsarakov
• Marian MarshNana Carlova
• Charles ButterworthKarimsky
• Donald CookFedor Ivanoff
• Luis AlberniSergei Bankieff
• Carmel MyersSonya Preskoya
• André LuguetCount Robert Renaud
• Frankie DarroFedor as a Boy
• Chester A. BachmanPoster Hanger (uncredited)
• Charles BrinleyPoster Hanger (uncredited)
• Boris KarloffFedor's Father (uncredited)
• Mae MadisonOlga Chekova (uncredited)