The Mad Genius (1931)

In order to cash in on the success of Svengali, Warner Bros. decided to release a similar themed film, The Mad Genius , which featured both John Barrymore and Marian Marsh who starred in the original film. Based upon the stage play The Idol  by Martin Brown.

Plot
A crippled man takes in an abused orphan boy and transforms him into a great dancer. Years later, trouble arises when they fall for the same woman.

Cast

 * John Barrymore as Vladimir 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