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| The Mad Genius | |
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Written by | Harvey Thew J. Grubb Alexander |
| Based on | The Idol 1929 play by Martin Brown |
| Starring | John Barrymore Marian Marsh Donald Cook Charles Butterworth |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
| Music by | David Mendoza conducting the Vitaphone Orchestra |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $441,000[1] |
| Box office | $400,000[2] |
The Mad Genius (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film[3] produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris Karloff and Frankie Darro. The film is based on the play The Idol (1929) by Martin Brown, which opened in Great Neck, Long Island but never opened on Broadway.[4]
- ^ Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 13 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ John Sedgwick, Mike Pokorny, "Hollywood’s foreign earnings during the 1930s", 83 TRAC 1 (1) pp. 83–97 Intellect Limited 2010 p92
- ^ "The Mad Genius (1931) - Genre - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Mad Genius
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