a a biographical film and the lady with red hair ( the story of how director or producer or playwright david belasco transform notorious society divorcee mrs. leslie carter into an international stage star ) be certainly not in a league with that other warner biopic of similar vintage and yankee doodle dandy ( what be . ) and but lady be an enjoyable film in it own right and share quite a few trait in common with the cagney classic . like yankee doodle dandy and the lady with red hair brim over with old time show business flavor . ( among other thing and both film feature delicious theatrical boarding house sequence as well a the inevitable scene set backstage and in theatrical manager office . ) also and in lady a in the cohan biopic and the support cast be make up of familiar and beloved character actor of the period and all do the sort of top notch work we remember them for . need i add that and again like yankee doodle dandy and the lady with red hair doesn not let the truth get in the way of tell a good story . but and also like dandy and lady do manage gloriously . to convey the esssence of it show business giant hero large than life personality . everyone know that cagney limn cohan for all time in his brilliant and affectionate portrayal in yankee doodle dandy but few moviegoer realize that claude rain do a similar service for david belasco in the lady with red hair and do it with a panache that almost equal cagney . rain a belasco perfectly capture that legendary showman galvanic personality in all it outsized glory . rain give a tremendously enjoyable and superbly observe and and remarkably true to life performance a the man all broadway once call the wizard . to watch claude rain in action ( look in every shot a if he have a helluva good time . ) in the lady with red hair be to see david belasco leap to life on film a if he can not wait to shake thing up on the main stem once again .