The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Harvey F. ThewScreenplay
- J. Grubb AlexanderScreenplay
- Michael CurtizDirector
- David MendozaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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)
Stills
Themes
cabaretpuppeteerpuppetballetpre-codeballerina