Nancy Drew

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Nancy Drew is the title character of several American crime novel series, as well as films, computer games and television series adapted from them. The figure of the sixteen year old - later eighteen year old - detective was created in 1930 by the publicist Edward Stratemeyer . In the early days, the stories were mainly written by Mildred Wirt Benson , after Edward Stratemeyer's death based on scenarios by his daughter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams . One of the authors of the series was Walter Karig . The books appeared under the collective pseudonym Carolyn Keene , first by Grosset & Dunlap , from the eighties by Simon & Schuster . The largest and longest-lasting book series was the original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series , which appeared in 175 editions from 1930 to 2003.

Nancy Drew books have been translated into multiple languages ​​and sold over 80 million copies. Nancy Drew is a cultural icon in the United States.

background

In the works, Nancy Drew is the daughter of the widowed attorney Carson Drew. As a detective, she often solves cases related to her father's work. She is financially independent and travels across the USA with her car.

Film adaptations

Movies

Nancy Drew has been filmed several times:

  • 1938: Nancy Drew - Detective , directed by William Clemens , actress: Bonita Granville .
  • 1939: Nancy Drew… reporter , directed by William Clemens, actress: Bonita Granville.
  • 1939: Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter , directed by William Clemens, actress: Bonita Granville.
  • 1939: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase , directed by William Clemens, actress: Bonita Granville.
  • 2002: Nancy Drew - In Search of Truth , Director :; James Frawley, Actress: Maggie Lawson .
  • 2007: Nancy Drew, Girl Detective , directed by Andrew Fleming , Emma Roberts .
  • 2019: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase , director: Katt Shea , actress: Sophia Lillis
TV Shows
planned television series

From 2015, the US television network CBS developed a series based on the character Nancy Drew. In the series, Nancy Drew, now over 30, would have worked as a police officer in New York for the NYPD and solved criminal cases. The series was developed by Joan Rater and Tony Phelan and produced by CBS Television Studios . A pilot was filmed starring Sarah Shahi as Nancy Drew, with other roles played by Anthony Edwards and Vanessa Ferlito . In the opinion of the pilot, CBS decided against commissioning the series.

Computer games

Since 1998 there have also been computer games that revolve around Nancy Drew. Here you mainly have to solve various puzzles in order to get closer to the solution of the respective case.

Nancy Drew Adventure

  • Nancy Drew - Secrets Can Kill (PC 1998)
  • Nancy Drew - Stay Tuned for Danger (PC 1999)
  • Nancy Drew - Message in a Haunted Mansion (PC 2000 / GBA 2001)
  • Nancy Drew - Treasure in the Royal Tower (PC 2001)
  • Nancy Drew - The Final Scene (PC 2001)
  • Nancy Drew - Secret of the Scarlet Hand (PC 2002)
  • Nancy Drew - Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake (PC 2002)
  • Nancy Drew - The Haunted Carousel (PC 2003)
  • Nancy Drew - Danger on Deception Island (PC 2003)
  • Nancy Drew - The Secret of Shadow Ranch (PC 2004)
  • Nancy Drew - Curse of Blackmoor Manor (PC 2004 / DVD 2006)
  • Nancy Drew - Secret of the Old Clock (PC 2005)
  • Nancy Drew - Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon (PC 2005)
  • Nancy Drew - Danger by Design (PC 2006)
  • Nancy Drew - The Creature of Kapu Cave (PC 2006)
  • Nancy Drew - The White Wolf of Icicle Creek (PC 2007 / Nintendo Wii 2008)
  • Nancy Drew - Legend of the Crystal Skull (PC 2007)
  • Nancy Drew - The Phantom of Venice (PC 2008)
  • Nancy Drew - The Haunting of Castle Malloy (PC 2008)
  • Nancy Drew - Ransom of the Seven Ships (PC 2009)
  • Nancy Drew - Warnings at Waverly Academy (PC 2009)
  • Nancy Drew - Trail of the Twister (PC / Mac 2010)
  • Nancy Drew - Secrets Can Kill Remastered (PC / Mac 2010)
  • Nancy Drew - Shadow at the Water's Edge (PC / Mac 2010)
  • Nancy Drew - The Captive Curse (PC / Mac 2011)
  • Nancy Drew - Alibi in Ashes (PC / Mac 2011)
  • Nancy Drew - Tomb of the Lost Queen (PC / Mac 2012)
  • Nancy Drew - The Deadly Device (PC / Mac 2012)
  • Nancy Drew - Ghost of Thornton Hall (PC / Mac 2013)
  • Nancy Drew - The Silent Spy (PC / Mac 2013)

The trade magazine Adventure Gamers ranked Nancy Drew - Curse of Blackmoor Manor in 2011 in its list of Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games at number 99.

Nancy Drew dossier

  • Lights, Camera, Curses (PC 2008)
  • Resorting to Danger (PC 2009)

Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries

  • Shadow Ranch (iPod Touch / iPhone / iPad 2011)

literature

  • Karen Plunkett-Powell: The Nancy Drew Scrapbook: 60 Years of America's Favorite Teenage Sleuth. St. Martin's Press, New York 1993, ISBN 0-312-09881-2 .
  • Melanie Rehak: Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her. Harcourt, Orlando 2005, ISBN 978-0-15-101041-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Linda K. Christian-Smith: More Than A Crime on Her Mind: Nacy Drew as Women Hero. In: A Necessary Fantasy ?: The Heroic Figure in Children's Popular Culture.
  2. ^ Lesley Goldberg: CBS Passes on Nancy Drew Reboot; Drama Being Shopped Elsewhere. In: The Hollywood Reporter . May 14, 2016, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ AdventureGamers.com: Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games. Retrieved January 2, 2016 .