"Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!" 30 September 1931 Drama, Horror, Romance 81 mins
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.
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John Barrymore as Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh as Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth as Karimsky
Donald Cook as Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni as Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers as Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet as Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro as Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris Karloff as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae Madison as Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Walter Miller as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Moran as Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
Charles Williams as Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Wilson as Curtain Man (uncredited)
Adolph Bolm Choreographer
Charles Weidman Stunt Double
Martin Brown Theatre Play
David Mendoza Conductor
Harvey F. Thew Screenplay
J. Grubb Alexander Screenplay
Michael Curtiz Director
David Mendoza Original Music Composer
Barney McGill Director of Photography
Earl Luick Costume Design
Anton Grot Art Direction
Ralph Dawson Editor
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Australia 30 April 1932
Denmark 27 May 1932
Spain 30 November 1932
Finland 12 March 1933
United Kingdom 30 September 1931
Sweden 04 May 1932
United States 19 August 1959
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