El ídolo
Título original: The Mad Genius
Prolongación de "Svengali" (1931), continúa el drama de una figura siniestra que adopta a un adolescente como discípulo. En este caso, se trata de un titiritero lisiado (John Barrymore), que rescata a un abusado niño y lo convierte en un gran bailarín de ballet.
Reparto
| Actor | Papel |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Walter Miller | Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
| Lee Moran | Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited) |
| Charles Williams | Stagehand (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Curtain Man (uncredited) |
Equipo
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Harvey F. Thew, J. Grubb Alexander |
| Director | Michael Curtiz |