And now there’s “Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase,” which goes back to the original source material, “The Hidden Staircase,” the second volume in the series in 1930 and the reported favorite of Mildred Wirt Benson, who wrote the first series of books.Also Read: CW's 'Nancy Drew' Pilot Finds Its Nancy DrewRedheaded star Sophia Lillis, who made an impression in “It,” is holding a flashlight on the poster for this film, a sign that the creators are interested in returning to the forcefulness of the original character.
In the 1980s, Drew was sometimes drawn on the book covers in a sexualized way, and she became more interested in boys while she was solving crimes.Andrew Fleming made a “Nancy Drew” film in 2007 that starred Emma Roberts, but its mixed reception meant that there were no sequels to it. Many prominent women who grew up in the mid-20th century have said that Nancy was an inspiration to them because she was ultra-confident, smart, and very active she is often shown holding a flashlight on the cover of the books and looking bold and un-afraid.The Drew books were written by a variety of ghostwriters under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, and of course there have been adjustments made over time to bring her up to date, not always for the better. The character of Nancy Drew, a teenaged girl detective, was first introduced in a series of books in 1930, and she was played on screen in that era by Bonita Granville in B-movies that coarsened and diluted the dynamic force that Nancy had on the page.
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