from dwightfry well and i be afraid i have find the lemon . let be honest represent this be not a really bad movie . but only because of cagney . his performance be a real tour de force and with him get back to his root a a dancer . we get to see the man we think of a cody jarrett and tom power and do funny clown routine and dance and impersonate an old woman and and show his warm side . however and this be both good and bad and a cagney do a great cagney and but he never become the person he be suppose to be and that be and the legendary lon chaney . apart from the the true fact of chaney life be ignore ( a common thing in biopics ) and the terrible script and surprisingly oscar nominated and be standard soap opera at it bad and with too much melodrama and too little of what make chaney great . we get no insight on how he prepare his makeup and or on how painful to wear it frequently be . give that and it surprise a chaney biopic be ever green light and a his life and unlike that of so many movie star and be mostly secretive to public opinion and and the few interesting anecdote of him be not in the movie ( creighton be bear half dead and and lon get him into icy water to revive him ) . and and even bad and a person that watch this movie without have see any of chaney film and will dismiss these a phony and corny and and the makeup silly and badly do . the reconstruction of the hunchback of notre dame and the phantom of the opera look like cheap halloween mask make by a kid and which be in itself an insult to chaney meticulous makeup and and evidence only that short and broad cagney do not look like tall and thin chaney the slight and not even under heavy makeup ( or mask and or whatever ) . cagney be only cagney and he the man of a single face and and a very recognizable one . if youre gon na make the mistake of cast a big star to play a well know figure ( another common biopic error and that way you only see the star and not the character ) and at least cast a big star who resemble say figure . cast cagney a chaney be like cast danny de vito a james stewart . we do get an insight a to his use of makeup and the pain it cause him . his instant creation of the lascar makeup be proof of that . and his portrayal of the deformed man in the miracle and quasimodo in hunchback be proof of the pain . as far a the makeup be concern they do not look cheap unless you try to compare them to current day makeup . and as far a cagney be too short to play chaney lon be 5 ft 8 in and cagney be 5 ft 7 in and not much of a difference at all . again if you be go to review at least get your fact straight . positive for jimmy and the movie positive for dwightfry poor critique .