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 (character) in newspapers to this day. The character of Dick Tracy has been featured in the 1930s-1940s "Dick Tracy", with Tracy voiced by Bob Burlen, Barry Thompson, Ned Wever and Matt Crowley. The character of Dick Tracy has been featured in a number of films including, from 1990, "Dick Tracy", which starred Warren Beatty as Dick Tracy. Dick Tracy (character) Dick Tracy is a fictional police detective in the American comic strip "Dick Tracy" created by Chester Gould in 1931. Tracy is a tough and intelligent detective who uses forensic science, advanced gadgetry, and wits in his relentless pursuit of criminals.