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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
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9 September 1939 (USA)
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Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bonita Granville | ... | Nancy Drew |
| Frankie Thomas | ... | Ted Nickerson |
| John Litel | ... | Carson Drew |
| Frank Orth | ... | Captain Tweedy |
| Renie Riano | ... | Effie Schneider, the Housekeeper |
| Vera Lewis | ... | Miss Rosemary Turnbull |
| Louise Carter | ... | Miss Floretta Turnbull |
| William Gould | ... | Daniel Talbert |
| George Guhl | ... | Smitty, a Policeman |
| John Ridgely | ... | Reporter |
| William Hopper | ... | Reporter (as DeWolf Hopper) |
| Creighton Hale | ... | Reporter |
| Frank Mayo | ... | Tribune Photographer |
| Frederic Tozere | ... | District Attorney's Investigator |
| Don Rowan | ... | Phillips the Chauffeur |
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60 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Vitaphone)
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Australia:G |
USA:Approved (PCA #3409)
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Ted Nickerson:
[frustratedly] Some day I'm gonna get psychoanalyzed and find out why I'm such a dope.
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Follows Nancy Drew -- Detective (1938)
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Wills like this one are usually only found in mystery novels. Two spinster sisters were left property by their father on the condition that at least one of them remain there every night for twenty years at which time they can sell out. Otherwise it reverts to the city. That certainly must have cramped their social life, no wonder they remained spinsters.
But when the family chauffeur is murdered and other strange things happen our teenage heroine goes to work. As usual Bonita is helped by Frankie who it seems she can talk into just about anything in these films including having all American football player Thomas lose his clothes and have to get into drag which was an offense back in the day.
In three of the four films law enforcement is represented by Frank Orth as the local police captain. Seeing Orth in what was his career role as the bumbling Captain Tweedy, no wonder they need Granville's help whenever a serious crime occurs.
There would be no more Nancy Drew films after this as Granville left Warner Brothers. It was a nice series and I'm sure the kids in the Saturday matinée crowd enjoyed it. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler were not threatened by Carolyn Keene though.