SHORT TAKES : Park Gears for ‘Tracy’ Premiere

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Walt Disney Co. geared up today for the splashy, star-studded premiere of “Dick Tracy,” starring producer-director Warren Beatty and Madonna.

Beatty, Madonna and co-stars Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Mandy Patinkin and Paul Sorvino are expected at Thursday’s world premiere, which is being held at an unadorned multiplex theater on Disney property.

The Touchstone Pictures movie is based on the comic strip character created by Chester Gould. His daughter, Jean Gould O’Connell, was to be on hand, as were cartoonists Dick Locher and Max Allen Collins, who now draw the strip.

The stars are scheduled to attend the screening, then motor down a re-created Hollywood Boulevard at the nearby Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park and place their handprints in cement.