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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939) Starring Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel. Directed by William Clemens. Screenplay by Kenneth Gamet. No Producer Credited. Based on the character "Nancy Drew" created by Carolyn Keene. Run time: 70 minutes. Black and White. USA. Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Nancy Drew first appeared in the book The Secret of the Old
Clock (1930) and was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer as a female
counterpart to the Hardy Boys series of books. The Nancy Drew books were
written by a series of writers using the same pseudonym, Carolyn Keene. Nancy
Drew would appear in 175 novels from first publication to 2003.
The book series was so popular that Warner Bros. bought the
rights to make “B” pictures. Fifteen-year-old child star Bonita Granville, who
had already been nominated for an Academy Award for her role in These Three (1936),
was picked to play the lead in a series of films. Warner Bros. wanted the
series to resemble the popular Torchy Blane films starring Glenda Farrell, which
mixed comedy and crime.
There were four films in all: Nancy Drew... Detective
(1938), Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939), Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
(1939), and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939).
Shot during February 1939, this, the third film, was released on June 17, 1939.
