PBS The Chandlers and Their Times '' premieres 1985 on PBS . Historian : Chandlers not only dominated Los Angeles , they invented it . the United States grew from small desert town to nation 's first -largest city . `` You could n't actually rearrange them , '' said Harry Chandler 's namesake and the great-great-grandson of the general . The Roman Polanski 's family newspaper dynasty ended in 1985 .
PBS The Chandlers and Their Times '' premieres 1985 on PBS . Historian : Chandlers not only dominated Los Angeles , they invented it . the United States grew from small desert town to nation 's first -largest city . The Roman Polanski 's family newspaper dynasty ended in 1985 .