June 2012 Archives
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KCET takes a look at this seminal screwball comedy, which made fun of the American income gap at the height of the Great Depression. Because who doesn't like making fun of rich people?
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This romantic comedy his theaters back in 1941. What was America like back then? What about Los Angeles? Find out with a look back.
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We take a look back at the 1960 B-movie classic, "Little Shop of Horrors," and the state of Hollywood's schlock movie industry at the time "Little Shop" hit theaters.
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This week's Classic Cool Theater film, "My Favorite Brunette," has Bob Hop parodying the detective noir genre. In this column, get some insight about why noir was so big in the 40's -- and in L.A. in particular.
Cartoon: Popeye in "Greek Mirthology" Newsreel: "Military Tests First Unmanned Plane" Musical Interlude: Louis Jordan, "Tillie" Feature Film: "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome"
Ralph Byrd stars as tough detective Dick Tracy in "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome." The detective goes after a bank robber who uses a nerve gas that makes its victims appear dead.
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