10 Jan 1930
Playing Around
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
The Mad Genius
Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!
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
Carmel Myers Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris Karloff Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae Madison Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Walter Miller Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Moran Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
Charles Williams Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Wilson Curtain Man (uncredited)
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