Film Homage Warren Beatty Dick Tracy 1990 Bystander Rodeo Parade Tucson Arizona 1983-2010 #1
by David Lee Guss
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Film Homage Warren Beatty Dick Tracy 1990 Bystander Rodeo Parade Tucson Arizona 1983-2010 #1
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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Cartoonist Chester Gould (1900-1985) drew his Dick Tracy comic strip from 1931 to 1977 at his home in Woodstock, Illinois.
The first Tracy film was Republic's 1937 "Dick Tracy" 15 chapter serial, staring Ralph Byrd (1909-1952) as the square jawed detective. It proved so successful that three sequels followed, but with no additional monies paid to Gould.
RKO Radio produced the first Tracy feature in 1945, calling it "Dick Tracy," also known as "Dick Tracy, Detective." RKO contract player Morgan Conway was also cast in 1946's Dick Tracy vs. Cueball" (1946), but exhibitors clamored for Ralph Byrd.
Two 1947 features followed with Byrd but RKO ceased producing "B" pictures that year. The second one "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" had Boris Karloff playing the heavy.
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Byrd reprised Tracy one last time for an ill fated ABC aired 1950/1951 TV series. The producers were such cheap slave drivers that the hectic pace of filming is said to have contributed to Byrd's premature death at 43, after completing 38 episodes.
Warren Beatty starred, produced and directed the Walt Disney bank rolled "Dick Tracy" in 1990. The color palette stresses yellows (starting with the detective's trademark fedora and trench coat), red, green and blue.
Vitorrio Storaro is the inspired cinematographer.
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Richard Sylbert's (1928-2002) production design evokes the surreal world of Gould's comic strip.
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Sylbert had worked on several Mike Nichols films starting with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" in 1966. His first Beatty film was Robert Rossen's "Lilith" (1964)
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