Story
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.
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Directed by
Cast
John Barrymore as Vladimar Ivan TsarakovMarian Marsh as Nana CarlovaCharles Butterworth as KarimskyDonald Cook as Fedor IvanoffLuis Alberni as Sergei BankieffCarmel Myers as Sonya PreskoyaAndré Luguet as Count Robert RenaudFrankie Darro as Fedor as a BoyChester A. Bachman as Poster Hanger (uncredited)Charles Brinley as Poster Hanger (uncredited)
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