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MYSTERIES: Alfred Hitchcock
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RECIPES OF THE WEEK: A Rejuvenating Diet
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SEX IN THE CINEMA
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
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TAYLOR SCHULTZ: Hollywood Sculptor
TRANSPORTATION IN THE MOVIES: Aviation
VINCENT PRICE
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WHAT'S MY LINE?
THE WHISTLER
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)

For Nancy Drew Fans Who

Remember When!

And for those who want to check their knowledge of the Nancy Drew Series! . . . :

Nancy Drew Trivia Quiz

WHEN IS NANCY DREW NOT NANCY?! 

STARDUST ON THE STAGE
(1942)
Based on
characters created by Carolyn Keene
Starring Louise Currie as NANCY DREW

See Stardust on the Stage with Gene Autry with Currie’s Nancy joining a Jeff Drew and a Judy Drew. . . .  Hmmmm?!
.

THE TEXAS KID
(1943)
Based on
characters created by Carolyn Keene
Nancy plays the daughter of a man slain by a gang of bad guys.

(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036421/plotsummary)

Maven has been lucky enough to get an interview with a gentleman, Rick Rogers, who was in the pilot to Pamel Sue Martin's Nancy Drew in the Drew/Hardy Boys Series (1977).
 
Please check it out at MAGIC IN MOVIES!

Maven has the foreward that Mildred Wirt Benson wrote for The Secret at Shadow Ranch (1931).  Ms. Benson "ghostwrote" some 25 of the first 30 Nancy Drew Stories:

More About Mildred Wirt Benson

An Interview with Mildred Wirt Benson

Nancy Drew Factoids

Nancy Drew History

Nancy Drew on the Web

Movie Star Lemon Bars

The History of Nancy Drew

GIrl - Revised

What Would Nancy Do?

River Heights Map, Nancy Drew's Hometown

Nancy Drew, Now and Forever

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew (From Thrilling Detective)

Who Made Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew Ain't What She Used To Be

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NANCY DREW AT THE MOVIES:

Excerpt From Bonita In Movieland

The newest incarnation of the 75+ year old detective . . . Julia Roberts' niece as the girl shamus! - A review of the movie by Jenn Fisher, an aficionado on Ms. Drew at  www.nancydrewsleuth.com.

Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills by Jennifer Fisher

If Jenn doesn't know about it about Nancy Drew

. . . it ain't knowable!

You might want to check out Jennifer Fisher's sites dedicated to America's perpetual teenage detective at http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/,  http://ndsleuths.blogspot.com/ and an e-zine about La Belle Drew at http://www.ndsleuths.com/backissues.html

For Starters . . . 75 Years of Mystery Unfolding:

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part I: Revising an Original

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part II: The Case of the Cliffhanger Conundrum

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part III: Where in the World is Helen Corning

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part IV: Nancy Drew at the Movies

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part V: Aliases: Sleuthing with a Pseudonym

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part VI: A Mysterious History Revealed

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part VII: Spot the Villain

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part VIII: 70s Sleuthing . . . Pamela Sue Martin as TV's Plucky Nancy Drew

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part 9: A Tribute to the Original "Caroly Keene"

75 Years of Mystery Unfolds, Part X: A Tribute to Harriet "Hattie" Stratemeyer Adams