Blast from the Past: John Barrymore Revisited Warner Bros. was so pleased with the commercial appeal of the John Barrymore vehicle, Svengali, that they rushed The Mad Genius into production, and released it on November 7, 1931. Grade: B The Mad Genius Directed by Michael Curtiz, this pre-Cde drama stars, in addition to Barrymore, Marian […]
Mad Genius, The (1931): Curtiz Pre-Code Ballet Melodrama, Starring John Barrymore and Marian Marsh
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