Hairspray (1988 film) film version of "Hairspray", an adaptation of the stage musical, was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007, which included many changes of scripted items from the original. In Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1962, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton, audition for "The Corny Collins Show", a popular Baltimore teenage dance show (based on the real-life "Buddy Deane Show"). Penny is too nervous and stumbles over her answers, and another girl, Nadine, is cut for being black (the show has a "Negro Day" on the last Thursday of every month, she is told). However, despite being
Dick Tracy (1990 film) Club Ritz. For their activities, they recruit B.B. Eyes, The Mole and Shaky. Their reign of terror, culminating in an attempt to bomb a weapons plant, is averted by Tracy. A year after "War" was released, Collins wrote a third novel entitled "Dick Tracy Meets His Match", in which Dick Tracy finally follows through in his marriage proposal to Tess Trueheart. In April 2016, Beatty again mentioned the possibility of doing a sequel when he attended CinemaCon. Further reading Dick Tracy (1990 film) Dick Tracy is a 1990 American action comedy film based on the 1930s comic strip character of