saw this on the late show when i be 12 or 13 represent i be move and even scar and by scene with miracle man and christmas dinner and quasimodo and and especially with the legless man in the alley ( pick me up and knock me down again . ) we know now that lc and sr. and be less than pleasant to be around and that lc and jr. and grow up to be miserable . but this be an early introduction to what i would hear of a vaudeville and and the transitional sequence with cagney a a film lot extra ( with a real silent flick star marjorie rambeau and a gert ) be fast paced and convincing . it be a fair cultural shock to see jim backus ( a agent locan ) in a dramatic role and since until then i would see him only on sitcom and a mister magoo . i have it on tape and watch it maybe once a year and have see cagney and co star in other vehicle since then represent especially jane greer in her unsavory out of the past role . dorothy malone ( whom i know only from peyton place ) be a great and underrated actress . yes and the end be slow and shmaltzy and and it be hard to imagine even back then ( i would already see scary lc and jr. and in the teleplay and the ballad of jubal pickett ) that jr. be ever as handsome a roger smith . but if nothing else you can get a fictional behind the scene account of the making of two great silents and cultural icon represent phantom of the opera and hunchback of notre dame .