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.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
cabaret
puppeteer
puppet
ballet
pre-code
ballerina
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Cast
John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
Charles Butterworth
Karimsky
Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
David Mendoza
Original Music Composer
David Mendoza
Conductor
Popular Reviews
1 review
Maranda
6.0★ · 09/10/25
Not the best movie I’ve ever seen but I feel strongly for John Barrymore’s performance
Not the best movie I’ve ever seen but I feel strongly for John Barrymore’s performance
