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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