The Mad Genius (1931 film)

E840948

The Mad Genius (1931 film) is a pre-Code American drama starring John Barrymore as a ruthless ballet impresario who manipulates a young dancer’s career and love life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Mad Genius (1931 film) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn The Idol (play) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Martin Brown ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Aileen ⓘ
Fedor Ivanoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ivan Tsarakov NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Barney McGill ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Michael Curtiz ⓘ
distributedIn United States ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editedBy George Amy ⓘ
era pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
hasBalletTheme true ⓘ
hasPreCodeContent true ⓘ
leadActorRole John Barrymore as Ivan Tsarakov ⓘ
musicBy Bernhard Kaun ⓘ
notableFor John Barrymore’s portrayal of a tyrannical ballet impresario ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A crippled former puppeteer becomes a ruthless ballet impresario who controls a young dancer’s career and love life. ⓘ
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
Hal B. Wallis ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDate 1931-11-07 ⓘ
releaseYear 1931 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 81 ⓘ
screenwriter Harvey F. Thew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Julius J. Epstein ⓘ
setIn Europe ⓘ
starring Boris Karloff ⓘ
Charles Butterworth ⓘ
Donald Cook ⓘ
John Barrymore ⓘ
Luis Alberni ⓘ
Marian Marsh ⓘ
subjectMatter ballet ⓘ
manipulation ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
romantic jealousy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marian Marsh → starredIn → The Mad Genius (1931 film) ⓘ
Violet Ethelred Krauth → notableWork → The Mad Genius (1931 film) ⓘ