Direction: George Nichols
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by George Nichols. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
A Film Johnnie (S)
1914 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Charles Chaplin · Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Mabel Normand · Ford Sterling
Plot Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
5.5
268 votes
5.5
268 votes
The Star Boarder (The Landlady's Pet) (S)
1914 · Movie · 16 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Charles Chaplin · Minta Durfee · Edgar Kennedy · Gordon Griffith
Plot A brat's magic lantern show exposes an indiscreet moment between a landlady and her star boarder.
5.3
175 votes
5.3
175 votes
Cruel, Cruel Love (S)
1914 · Movie · 9 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols · Mack Sennett
Cast Charles Chaplin · Edgar Kennedy · Minta Durfee · Glen Cavender
Plot A rich lord loves a girl. A maid who has seen the two accosts the lord in a park and embraces him. This is seen by the girl who calls...
5.2
243 votes
5.2
243 votes
His Favorite Pastime (S)
1914 · Movie · 16 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Charles Chaplin · Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Peggy Pearce
Plot Charlie gets into a fight at his regular bar and finally crawls out under the door. He then boards a streetcar and follows a beautiful lady in a taxi. He...
5.1
206 votes
5.1
206 votes
Fatty Joins the Force (S)
1913 · Movie · 12 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Charles Avery · Lou Breslow · Harry DeRoy
Plot After rescuing the Police Commissioner's daughter from drowning, Fatty is rewarded with a position on the force, but soon finds that the job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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The Cry of the Children
1912 · Movie · 29 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Marie Eline · Ethel Wright · James Cruze · Lila Chester
Plot Part 1: Little Alice, more fortunate than some of the others, was not always a child slave. She was the youngest of three children, and the pet. Wages were small,...
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The Hindoo (S)
1914 · Movie · 8 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Frank Cooley · Minta Durfee · William Hauber
Plot A woman's husband runs into trouble when he flirts with the wrong "girl."
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Nicholas Nickleby
1912 · Movie · 31 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Harry Benham · Mignon Anderson · Frances Gibson · Inda Palmer
Plot A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
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Ghosts
1915 · Movie · 49 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols · John Emerson
Cast Henry B. Walthall · Mary Alden · Loretta Blake · Monte Blue
Plot Helen and Manders are in love and wish to marry. Her parents object to his poverty and want her to marry Alving, a notorious rake, who is wealthy and powerful....
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She (S)
1911 · Movie · 24 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Marguerite Snow · James Cruze · Viola Alberti · William C. Cooper
Plot She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard’s 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
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Cinderella (S)
1911 · Movie · 14 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Florence La Badie · Harry Benham · Anna Rosemond · Frank Hall Crane
Plot A young woman forced into servitude by her family gets more than she bargained for when her fairy godmother magically permits her to go to the royal ball.
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The Girl of the Grove (S)
1912 · Movie · 16 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols
Cast Florence La Badie · Joseph Graybill · Marguerite Snow · James Cruze
Plot The girl was young, pretty, and also a good business woman. When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with successful results....
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