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  1. Mashed potatoes are a staple on the Thanksgiving table and our Culinary Director-at-Large, Justin Chapple, has a Mad Genius tip to make them ahead of Thanksgiving.

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  2. Jul 14, 2015 · Why the “mad genius” is a myth. “Madness” and creativity have been linked for centuries. And while some scientific studies of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in artists have helped ...

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    The film’s villain, Tsarakov (John Barrymore), detests women, and uses them only for pleasure. He carries on numerous simultaneous affairs with young ballerinas (using the casting couch approach to...

    We begin in a muddy puddle of Eastern European farmland on a drenched night. Two men work a marionette show to an empty tent, only to have a young boy stumble in. He takes in a show and laughs heartily, only to have his brusque father (Boris Karloff) run in and start beating him for ignoring his chores. Considering it’s the middle of the night and ...

    The story for The Mad Genius is fairly derivative of the film Svengali , which came out earlier in the year and also starred John Barrymore. The film was a hit, and the studio rushed this, what can be generously described as a similar story, into production. I haven’t seen Svengali, but my impression of it makes it sound like its roots are more in ...

    What really fascinated me about Mad Genius isn’t its obvious derivation from the Svengali story, but the ways our protagonist and antagonist view women. It’s appalling for most of the film, and drives the action moreso than Tsarakov’s vicarious dealings and manipulations. It’s his belief in the inferiority of women that cause all of the plot’s tens...

    Science fiction site Moria does a breakdown of the differences between this movie and the Svengali story, and their origins in an 1894 novel called Trilby.

  3. Apr 8, 2023 · The Mad Genius John Barrymore - LM Movie Channel auf Dailymotion ansehen.

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  4. The Mad Genius (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Cook, Charles Butterworth, and in small roles, Boris Karloff and Frankie Darro.

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  6. Jul 13, 2022 · Pressbook for the film The Mad Genius, directed by Michael Curtiz and distributed by Warner Bros.

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