Nancy Drew, Reporter

Rating:
Summary: Very Good for a "B" Picture
Review: As a Nancy Drew fan, I wanted to see the series of movies made in the 1930s featuring the teenage sleuth. Nancy Drew, Reporter, is the best of the lot. Part screwball comedy, part mystery, it reminds me of the popular Thin Man series. While the series of movies with Bonita Granville takes MANY liberties with the Nancy Drew characters, Nancy herself comes across well.

Rating:
Summary: Very Good for a "B" Picture
Review: As a Nancy Drew fan, I wanted to see the series of movies made in the 1930s featuring the teenage sleuth. Nancy Drew, Reporter, is the best of the lot. Part screwball comedy, part mystery, it reminds me of the popular Thin Man series. While the series of movies with Bonita Granville takes MANY liberties with the Nancy Drew characters, Nancy herself comes across well.

Rating:
Summary: Not As Successful As The Books
Review: In NANCY DREW, REPORTER our heroine comes to the aid of another young person who is falsely accused of murder. Bonita Granville has the role of Nancy Drew as she does in all four movies in this series made before World War II. The small supporting cast includes John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee and Sheila Bromley.

NANCY DREW, REPORTER was made specifically for a juvenile audience which was unusual for a detective movie at that time. The Nancy Drew films were never as successful as were the Nancy Drew books.

Rating:
Summary: A wonderful movie that has stood the test of time
Review: Nancy Drew continues to be one of the most popular and enduring adventure series for girls ever penned. It also served as the basis for a series of very fine films starring Bonita Granville as the plucky young girl whose curiosity and enthusiasm were always getting her into trouble. Nancy Drew: Reporter finds her sneaking out an exciting crime report to investigate for a local paper and promptly embroiling her friend Ted and wisecracking older brother Carson smack into the middle of a tangled and dangerous mystery. A wonderful movie that has stood the test of time and continues to be as enjoyable and family friendly as when it first debuted, Nancy Drew: Reporter is a very highly recommended addition to all community library video movie collections and we can only hope that Bridgestone Multimedia will eventually be able to bring out all the other wonderful Nancy Drew movies from a cinematic yesteryear.

Rating:
Summary: Good Old Nancy
Review: The movie is played mainly for comedy; there is neither hide nor hair of Bess and George; and why on earth would they call him TED Nickerson?

All in all, this movie does depict the fun and excitement that you would relate to any Nancy Drew book. Nancy comes across young, smart and with a lot more opportunities than anyone has a right to expect. But she's not spoiled and you can't help falling in love with Bonita Granville's portrayal of the heroine.

The movie is short, fast and funny and will appeal to children and younger adults.

Rating:
Summary: Nancy Drew?
Review: This is Nancy Drew?
I give this item 4 stars because 1: I love Nancy Drew, 2: The story is good, and 3: Bonita Granville does a good job.
But, Where is Hannah? Where is Togo? Where is Bess? Where is George? Where is Ned? Where all the these characters that are just as important as Nancy??
Actually, there is a Ned. Well, Ted, really. But he is a whimpy scairdy-cat.
Don't you think these films would have made a great hit if they actually copied the books to some degree?
Can you imagine the Secret of Red Gate Farm, or The Ringmasters Secret as a film! Wonderful! The fans would flock!
But no. And why not? I don't know. Bonita is great. She is really clever, and funny, but without the REAL characters, it's hard to even refer to this film as Nancy Drew.