The Mad Genius

Cruel passions! Mad longings! A monster playing with the souls of his fellow beings!

A dark pre-code melodrama about obsession and control, where a crippled puppeteer's rescue of a boy becomes a twisted manipulation of souls when romantic rivalry emerges.

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.