NANCY DREW STAIRCASE SERIES
Based on the series of novels by Mildred Wirt Benson. Recruiting her best friends (Zoe Renee and Mackenzie Graham) and the local “mean girl” (Laura Wiggins), the teenager undertakes some adventurous work. The teen thinks her new hometown is dull, but finds excitement when she is asked to help solve a case of ghostly activity at the Twin Elms mansion. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.”Īfter the death of his wife a man (Sam Trammell) moves from Chicago with his teenage daughter (Sophia Lillis). Trouble Shooter (1939), and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939).Why is “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase” rated PG? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “peril, suggestive material, thematic elements and language.” The evaluation includes cleavage revealing outfits, several scenes of kidnapping, drugging people and causing unconsciousness, threatening people for personal gain, strong arm tactics, and some strong language. īonita Granville starred four films - Nancy Drew. had done on the habits and attitudes of "typical" teenage girls. created a Nancy Drew fan club that included a set of rules, such as: "Must have steady boy friend, in the sense of a 'pal'" and must "Take part in choosing own clothes." These rules were based on some research Warner Bros. Nancy's friends George and Bess were eliminated completely, "mystery elements were downplayed, plots simplified, and the romance spiced up." To promote the film, Warner Bros. One critic wrote that "the only similarity between the book and the film was the word staircase." Nancy's boyfriend Ned Nickerson became Ted Nickerson, as "Ned" was considered too old-fashioned, and housekeeper Hannah Gruen was replaced by Effie Schneider, a minor character who had appeared in only a few books as the Drews' part-time maid in the films, Effie's traits are combined with Hannah's.
It was the only film to borrow its title from a book in the series, although the plot was altered substantially. Cliff Saum as Burt the Iceman (uncredited).Jack Mower as Ice Company Dispatcher (uncredited).
Frederic Tozere as District Attorney's Investigator.Talbert would make a lot of money if a racetrack were to be built on the two properties, but the Turnbulls had turned down an offer to buy their place. Just in time, Nancy and Ted discover a secret passageway in the basement linking it to the neighboring house, owned by Daniel Talbert (William Gould). When police Captain Tweedy (Frank Orth) arrests the two sisters for Phillips' murder, their ownership is endangered. When Nancy recognizes the dead man as the trespasser, she begins investigating, dragging her boyfriend Ted Nickerson (Frankie Thomas) into one predicament after another, eventually getting him fired and jailed. The frightened old ladies consider leaving their home. Then, the Turnbulls' chauffeur Phillips (Don Rowan) dies, though it is uncertain if it was a murder or a suicide. A stranger forces his way past Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) and brazenly searches the Drew house for related affidavits her lawyer father Carson (John Litel) has obtained. Then some strange things start occurring. However, their father's will states that at least one of them has to stay in the house every night for twenty years before they can inherit the estate there are two weeks left to go. The elderly Turnbull sisters want to donate their mansion for a children's hospital. It was loosely based on the novel of the same name by Mildred Wirt Benson. It is the fourth and last in a series of films starring Bonita Granville as teenage amateur detective Nancy Drew, Frankie Thomas as her boyfriend, and John Litel as her father. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Clemens and written by Kenneth Garnet.
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