The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection (Detective / Reporter / Troubleshooter / Hidden Staircase)
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Actor: Bonita GranvilleBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 263 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection (Detective / Reporter / Troubleshooter / Hidden Staircase)
DVD Review: PERFECT DREW COLLECTION!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is fantastic. I never thought I would see a release of the classic Nancy Drew films. All four films in one set and they look great. This is absolutely one of the most entertaining series Warner Bros. produced. Hopefully, Warners will release some of the other series under their control. There are plenty of them from Warners, RKO, and Metro.DVD Review: Nancy Sleiths on film
Summary: 5 Stars
These Criterion selections from the '30s are simply enjoyment, light, replete with values of late depression/pre war enthusiasm of America in flux. It is not the book (which I grew up as a 2nd generation on the books from the attic) yet still cozy with enough action to keep one involved. The Amazon price made this purchase a no brainer. The quality of sound and video is superior and they make a good change from a CSI adventure. Where have we come to in this short time. A magnifying glass and invisible ink to computer generated facial recognition and DNA matchingDVD Review: Likeable characters.
Summary: 5 Stars
Four films from 1938 in black and white. "Reporter", "Trouble-shooter", and "Hidden Staircase" are lively, clever, with some humor. "Reporter" has a song. "Hidden Staircase" has some scary moments, not too scary.
Nancy's boyfriend, Ted Nickerson, is always working or planning something fun like fishing, when Nancy comes along and talks him into helping her solve a mystery, which always means putting Ted in danger. Ted always begins to say "no", how he already has plans, yet Nancy always manages to charm him into helping her. Nancy and Ted are just good friends, rather than officially boyfriend and girlfriend. So Nancy always makes sure Ted does not get too interested in other girls. Nancy always has good motives, but her plans often don't go as planned, getting Ted into trouble.
The first film "Detective" is fair at best. Scenes like Nancy calling the police captain a fool, and her lawyer-father calling his elderly maid an idiot set the tone for a poor script.
I wish they had made more episodes, because after the first film, they began hitting on some good themes that they could have run with.
DVD Review: Detective Fun
Summary: 5 Stars
If you loved the books then get this classic collection. Light comedy in amongst detective work. Very entertaining for all ages. Lots of laughs and mystery. Even though these 4 movies in the collection are in black and white they are picture perfect and well worth adding to the DVD Collection. DVD Review: True to Nancy's spirit
Summary: 4 Stars
The plots of these four movies bear only a slight resemblance to the stories I remember from my long ago childhood, but the spirit of Nancy is present in Bonita Granville's performance. I was disappointed in characters dropped, and I'm still not sure why Ned became Ted, but all four tales were fun to watch.
Description of The Original Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection (Detective / Reporter / Troubleshooter / Hidden Staircase)
In 1930 teen detective Nancy Drew debuted in print captivating girls everywhere. In 1938 she came to the screen in the first of four films with Bonita Granville. Sleuth with Nancy as she seeks a missing heiress (Nancy Drew - "Detective") investigates a poisoning (Nancy Drew - "Reporter") clears a family friend accused of murder (Nancy Drew - "Troubleshooter") and faces death in a secret tunnel (Nancy Drew and "The Hidden Staircase"). Whether you're revisiting Nancy or first met her in 2007's new Nancy Drew movie we invite you to enjoy mystery and fun that moves like a speedy blue roadster!"Detective": In order to save a wealthy elderly woman from her kidnapper Nancy Drew and Ted Nickerson disguise themselves as a "widow" and a nurse."Reporter": Nancy takes on a murder case when she enters a contest at a local newspaper. While observing the trial of a poisoned woman Nancy thinking the suspected killer is not guilty searches for a vital piece of evidence and uncovers the identity of the real killer."Trouble Shooter": Nancy and Ted enter dangerous territory as they uncover the real murders and clear her Uncle Matt of the charges."Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase": Nancy and Ted come to the rescue of two elderly women who are about to lose their family mansion which is enhanced with a hidden staircase and a moving wall.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating:?NR UPC:?012569797949 Manufacturer No:?79794These four classic, 1938 black-and-white Nancy Drew hour-long films directed by William Clemens (not the 2007 movie starring Emma Roberts) feature Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew, John Litel as Carson Drew, and Frankie Thomas as Ted Nickerson. Based on the character from the book series first published in 1930, the headstrong teenager Nancy Drew has a knack for winding up right in the middle of a mystery, and neither her father nor friend Ted can talk Nancy into doing what they consider the sensible thing: letting the police handle the detective work. With a curious mix of early feminism and cultural chauvinism, a dichotomy representative of late-1930s society, Nancy investigates each mystery with fervor, usually dragging her friend Ted into the thick of the investigation and demonstrating a complete disregard for her personal safety or the safety of her friends and family in her determination to track down the perpetrator. Sharp-witted and quick to pick up on the smallest, seemingly insignificant details, Nancy often succeeds where the local Police Captain Tweedy (Frank Orth) fails. Nancy Drew, Detective presents the story of an elderly benefactress unscrupulously detained at a sanatorium, while Reporter and Trouble Shooter are murder mysteries, and Hidden Staircase deals with a combined murder and attempt to dupe two elderly women. While somewhat ponderously paced by modern standards, these original Nancy Drew adventures are quality suspense mysteries that deserve their classic designation. (Ages 10 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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