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3 unusual facts about Bonita Granville


Bonita Granville

Renamed These Three, a 1936 film that told the story of three adults (played by Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, and Joel McCrea) who find their lives almost destroyed by the malicious lies of an evil attention-seeking child.

Over the next couple of years she played uncredited supporting roles in such films as Little Women (1933) and Anne of Green Gables (1934) before playing the role of Mary in the film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's 1934 stage play The Children's Hour.

The Password to Larkspur Lane

In 1938, the story was used as the basis for Nancy Drew, Detective, the first of four Nancy Drew movies, starring Bonita Granville.


Nancy Drew... Reporter

Reporter is a 1939 American film directed by William Clemens and starring Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew.

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

In 1978 Jack Wrather and Bonita Granville gained the legal rights to the Lone Ranger character and were planning a feature film with a younger actor.

Third Finger, Left Hand

To teach her a lesson, he shows up at her family mansion and announces to her father (Raymond Walburn), younger sister (Bonita Granville), and butler (Halliwell Hobbes) that he is Tony.


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