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Nancy Drew is a fictional character in a mystery fiction series created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer. The character first appeared in the year 1930; the books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Over the decades the character has evolved in response to changes in US culture and tastes. The books were extensively revised and shortened, beginning in 1959, in part to lower printing costs and to eliminate racist stereotypes, with arguable success. In the revision process, the heroine's original character was changed to be less assertive and more feminine. In the 1980s an older and more professional Nancy emerged in a new series, The Nancy Drew Files, that included romantic subplots for the sleuth. In 2004 the original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series, begun in 1930, was ended and a new series, Girl Detective, was launched, in which the title character drives a hybrid electric vehicle and uses a cell phone. In 2013 the Girl Detective series was ended and a new series called Nancy Drew Diaries was launched. Illustrations of the character have evolved over time to reflect contemporary styles. The character has proved continuously popular worldwide: at least 80 million copies of the books have been sold, and the books have been translated into over 45 languages. Nancy Drew has featured in five films, two television shows, and a number of popular computer games; she also appears in a variety of merchandise sold over the world.A cultural icon, Nancy Drew has been cited as a formative influence by a number of women, from Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Sonia Sotomayor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former First Lady Laura Bush. Feminist literary critics have analyzed the character's enduring appeal, arguing variously that Nancy Drew is a mythic hero, an expression of wish fulfillment, or an embodiment of contradictory ideas about femininity.
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Nancy Drew (2007)
, 1h39Directed by Andrew Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan, Kay Panabaker
Rating59%
Nancy Drew (Emma Roberts) and her widowed father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan), move from River Heights for only a few months and rent a house in California, where Carson has a temporary job. Nancy chose their California house because it was the home of Dehlia Draycott, a murdered movie star based on Natalie Wood whose case has never been solved. Despite the mystery, Nancy's father has forbidden her from further sleuthing and encourages her to focus on high school and living like a normal teenager. Nancy struggles to fit in at her new school, only befriending a younger boy, Corky (Josh Flitter). She realizes that the sleuthing world is the only place she fits in and decides to solve the Draycott mystery behind her dad's back. In the Draycott mansion, she discovers a letter that Draycott wrote to an unknown "Z," who was supposedly Draycott's lover. From photographs of Draycott before her death, Nancy deduces that, just before Draycott was murdered, she had a baby and secretly gave it up for adoption. Nancy eventually finds Draycott's child, who turns out to be a young single mom named Jane Brighton, and who also turns out to be the sole beneficiary of Draycott's will, which has disappeared. Nancy receives a threatening phone call telling her to get off the case, and contacts her father's business associate, Dashiel Biedermeyer (Barry Bostwick), the lawyer of the Draycott estate, to assist her with the case.
, 1hDirected by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter
Rating65%
The elderly Turnbull sisters want to donate their mansion for a children's hospital. 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.
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Betty Amann
Rating64%
Nancy Drew, competing in the local newspaper's amateur reporter contest, clears a girl named Eula Denning of murder charges.
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Erville Alderson, Renie Riano, Roger Imhof
Rating65%
Un ami proche de la famille Drew est accusé de meurtre. Nancy Drew et son petit ami décident d'aider le père de Nancy à trouver le vrai tueur.
, 1hDirected by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Renie Riano, Vera Lewis
Rating65%
Les soeurs Turnbull désirent faire don de leur manoir à un hôpital pour les enfants, néanmoins, une clause dans le testament de leur père stipule que au moins l'une d'entre elles doit rester dans le manoir chaque nuit pendant vingt ans avant de pouvoir en hériter réellement.
Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
, 1h6Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, John Litel, James Stephenson, Frankie Thomas, Frank Orth, Renie Riano
Rating65%
Mary Eldridge promet de faire une donation à l'école de Nancy Drew, une jeune détective amateur, en souvenir de ses années dans cette même école avec la grand-mère de Nancy. Mais en rentrant chez elle, elle est kidnappée par un groupe d'hommes désirant lui prendre son argent.