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The Mad Genius (1931) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Michael Curtiz .

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EN POINTE: THE BALLET BLOGATHON, The Mad Genius (1931)

on Aug 4, 2017 From Caftan Woman

Christina Wehner and Phyllis Loves Classic Movies are our hosts for En Pointe: The Ballet Blogathon running on August 4th, 5th and 6th. Film and dance were made for each other. Click HERE to enter the rehearsal and concert halls. Charles Butterworth, John Barrymore Karimsky, Vladimir Ivan T... Read full article


EN POINTE: THE BALLET BLOGATHON, The Mad Genius (1931)

By Caftan Woman on Aug 4, 2017 From Caftan Woman

Christina Wehner and Phyllis Loves Classic Movies are our hosts for En Pointe: The Ballet Blogathon running on August 4th, 5th and 6th. Film and dance were made for each other. Charles Butterworth, John Barrymore Karimsky, Vladimir Ivan Tsarakov We meet our mad genius on a rainy night in a... Read full article


Warner Archive: John Barrymore and Marian Marsh Reunite in The Mad Genius (1931)

By KC on Nov 9, 2015 From Classic Movies

In a new release from Warner Archive, Marian Marsh and John Barrymore follow up their partnership in Svengali (1931) with The Mad Genius (1931). This unusual drama is not quite as bizarre as the previous film, but is just as full of pre-code antics and Barrymore eccentricities. Barrymore is Ivan Ts... Read full article


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Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov: I will create my own being: that boy! That boy will be my counterpart, he shall be what I should have been... I will mold him, I will pour into him my genius, my soul. In him all my dreams, all my ambitions will be fulfilled -- the greatest dancer of all time!


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The play opened in Great Neck, New York, USA in 1929, and never made it to Broadway.
Michael Curtiz hired Boris Karloff because he mistakenly thought he was Russian.
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