Paul Nicholson

No Limit (1931)

Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Clara Bow  •  Norman Foster  •  Stuart Erwin  •  Dixie Lee

Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Clara Bow  •  Norman Foster  •  Stuart Erwin  •  Dixie Lee

Two Alone (1934)

Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliott Nugent
CAST:  Jean Parker  •  Tom Brown  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Arthur Byron

Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they way Slag has been looking at her lately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliott Nugent
CAST:  Jean Parker  •  Tom Brown  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Arthur Byron

Scandal for Sale (1932)

A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Rose Hobart  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Claudia Dell

A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mack
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Rose Hobart  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Claudia Dell

Man to Man (1930)

A young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Grant Mitchell  •  Lucille Powers  •  Otis Harlan

A young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Phillips Holmes  •  Grant Mitchell  •  Lucille Powers  •  Otis Harlan

New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930)

Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in love with struggling actress Mary Mason (Miriam Seeger). To prove his love, he hires Mary and the entire company of the show in which she is appearing to entertain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  El Brendel  •  Marjorie White  •  Frank Richardson  •  Noel Francis

Minimum plot. Maximum stars of early cinema. Rich young Conrad Sterling (William Collier Jr.) is in love with struggling actress Mary Mason (Miriam Seeger). To prove his love, he hires Mary and the entire company of the show in which she is appearing to entertain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  El Brendel  •  Marjorie White  •  Frank Richardson  •  Noel Francis

The Smart Set (1928)

A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  William Haines  •  Alice Day  •  Jack Holt  •  Hobart Bosworth

A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  William Haines  •  Alice Day  •  Jack Holt  •  Hobart Bosworth

Up in Mabel's Room (1926)

Mabel catches her husband buying lingerie, and he won't explain who it's for. She divorces him, but later learns he was buying her an anniversary gift. She becomes determined to win him back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E. Mason Hopper
CAST:  Marie Prevost  •  Harrison Ford  •  Phyllis Haver  •  Harry Myers

Mabel catches her husband buying lingerie, and he won't explain who it's for. She divorces him, but later learns he was buying her an anniversary gift. She becomes determined to win him back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E. Mason Hopper
CAST:  Marie Prevost  •  Harrison Ford  •  Phyllis Haver  •  Harry Myers

The Circus Show-Up (1932)

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Sally Blane  •  Russell Hopton  •  Paul Nicholson  •  William Halligan

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Sally Blane  •  Russell Hopton  •  Paul Nicholson  •  William Halligan

The Johnstown Flood (1926)

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Florence Gilbert  •  Janet Gaynor  •  Anders Randolf

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Florence Gilbert  •  Janet Gaynor  •  Anders Randolf

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl (1926)

Bertha Sloan loses her job as a sewing-machine girl and subsequently is employed as telephone girl with a lingerie manufacturing company. She soon falls in love with the assistant shipping clerk, Roy Davis, and is promoted to chief model for the firm, owing to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Madge Bellamy  •  Allan Simpson  •  Sally Phipps  •  Paul Nicholson

Bertha Sloan loses her job as a sewing-machine girl and subsequently is employed as telephone girl with a lingerie manufacturing company. She soon falls in love with the assistant shipping clerk, Roy Davis, and is promoted to chief model for the firm, owing to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Madge Bellamy  •  Allan Simpson  •  Sally Phipps  •  Paul Nicholson

Joanna (1925)

Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million dollars in cash. She falls in love with John Wilmore, a gut who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to put it in if he had a dime. There are those who object. Especially, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Paul Nicholson  •  George Fawcett

Joanna Manners is a flapper with a million-dollar figure, million-dollar looks, and a million dollars in cash. She falls in love with John Wilmore, a gut who hasn't got a dime nor a pot to put it in if he had a dime. There are those who object. Especially, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Dorothy Mackaill  •  Jack Mulhall  •  Paul Nicholson  •  George Fawcett

As Man Desires (1925)

The story of a man who was robbed of his greatest love and the South Seas wildflower who found it for him, in the land of pawn trees where men of all nations gather; some seeking vengeance and some forgiveness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Milton Sills  •  Viola Dana  •  Ruth Clifford  •  Rosemary Theby

The story of a man who was robbed of his greatest love and the South Seas wildflower who found it for him, in the land of pawn trees where men of all nations gather; some seeking vengeance and some forgiveness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Milton Sills  •  Viola Dana  •  Ruth Clifford  •  Rosemary Theby

The Nervous Wreck (1926)

Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Sidney
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Phyllis Haver  •  Chester Conklin  •  Mack Swain

Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Sidney
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Phyllis Haver  •  Chester Conklin  •  Mack Swain

The Broncho Twister (1927)

Returning from the war, Tom Mason (Tom Mix) rides square into a raging feud between the his family and the neighboring Brady gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orville O. Dull
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Tony the Horse  •  Helene Costello  •  Nancy Drexel

Returning from the war, Tom Mason (Tom Mix) rides square into a raging feud between the his family and the neighboring Brady gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orville O. Dull
CAST:  Tom Mix  •  Tony the Horse  •  Helene Costello  •  Nancy Drexel

Princess Virtue (1917)

The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Mae Murray  •  Lule Warrenton  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  Clarissa Selwynne

The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Z. Leonard
CAST:  Mae Murray  •  Lule Warrenton  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  Clarissa Selwynne