Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With George Nicholls Jr.

1. Intolerance (1916)

Passed | 163 min | Drama, History

The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner

Votes: 16,737 | Gross: $2.18M

2. A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War

An American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips

Votes: 6,833

3. Flying Down to Rio (1933)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.

Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers

Votes: 4,030 | Gross: $2.01M

4. Anne of Green Gables (1934)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A romantic teenage girl is adopted by a pair of elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley

Votes: 1,444

5. Double Harness (1933)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama

A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Ann Harding, William Powell, Lucile Browne, Henry Stephenson

Votes: 1,297

6. For the Defense (1930)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

William Powell plays William Foster, a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning ... See full summary »

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: William Powell, Kay Francis, Scott Kolk, William B. Davidson

Votes: 677

7. Ann Vickers (1933)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 660

8. The Plough and the Stars (1936)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea

Votes: 651

9. The Silver Cord (1933)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance

A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Joel McCrea, Laura Hope Crews, Eric Linden

Votes: 630

10. Finishing School (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Drama

The trials and tribulations in a private, snobbish girls school.

Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Wanda Tuchock | Stars: Frances Dee, Billie Burke, Ginger Rogers, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 600

11. Sweepings (1933)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

Starting over with almost nothing after the great Chicago Fire, Daniel Pardway builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his daughter and three sons, ... See full summary »

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, William Gargan, Gloria Stuart

Votes: 476

12. Chatterbox (1936)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stagestruck Jenny is elated when she is cast in her mother's most famous role. She is unaware of the new production being staged as a parody of the dated play and interprets the role seriously. And nobody finds the courage to tell her.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis, Erik Rhodes

Votes: 361

13. The Dance of Life (1929)

Passed | 115 min | Drama, Romance

When a vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer have little luck in their separate careers, they decide to combine their acts; to save money on the road, they get married.

Directors: John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Theodore

Votes: 354

14. Bromo and Juliet (1926)

Passed | 23 min | Comedy, Short

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Corliss Palmer, William Orlamond

Votes: 302

15. The Return of Peter Grimm (1935)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.

Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Edward Ellis, Donald Meek

Votes: 293

16. The Soldier and the Lady (1937)

Passed | 85 min | Adventure, History, Romance

A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame

Votes: 265

17. The Devil's Holiday (1930)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance

A savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, James Kirkwood, Hobart Bosworth

Votes: 256

18. The Marines Fly High (1940)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.

Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Richard Dix, Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Steffi Duna

Votes: 202

19. Man of Conquest (1939)

Passed | 105 min | History, War, Western

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis

Votes: 194

20. The Witness Chair (1936)

Passed | 64 min | Drama, Romance

A woman watches as false murder-trial evidence surrounds the man she loves.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Ann Harding, Walter Abel, Douglass Dumbrille, Frances Sage

Votes: 187

21. Interference (1928)

83 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Paramount's 1st ALL TALKIE Reported killed in action, Philip Voaze(William Powell) lives under an assumed name in London. Deborah Kane(Evelyn Brent) a former love, discovers him and tries ... See full summary »

Directors: Lothar Mendes, Roy Pomeroy | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, William Powell, Doris Kenyon

Votes: 157

22. Seven Days Leave (1930)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Based on J.M. Barrie's play "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals," about a young Canadian soldier (Gary Cooper) wounded while fighting in World War I. While recovering from his wounds in London, ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer, Daisy Belmore, Nora Cecil

Votes: 147

23. M'Liss (1936)

Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western

M'liss Smith, the wildcat daughter of Washoe Smith, lives a lively life in the small town founded by her father, a broken miner. However she is tamed under the influence of a handsome schoolteacher, Stephen Thorne.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Kibbee, Douglass Dumbrille

Votes: 143

24. The Big Game (1936)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.

Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Edward Killy | Stars: Phillip Huston, James Gleason, June Travis, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 142

25. Chasing Yesterday (1935)

Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance

An archaeologist is reminded of a past romance which sends him on a trip to the country, where he falls for the orphaned daughter of his former sweetheart.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Elizabeth Patterson

Votes: 134

26. Scandal Sheet (1931)

77 min | Crime, Drama

Scandal Sheet is a 1931 American crime film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, Vincent Lawrence and Max Marcin. The film stars George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive... See full summary »

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive Brook, Regis Toomey

Votes: 129

27. Army Girl (1938)

Approved | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A fight to keep cavalry horses from being replaced by tanks culminates in a great race between machine and beast.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Madge Evans, Preston Foster, Neil Hamilton, Ruth Donnelly

Votes: 114

28. High School (1940)

Approved | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Music

Texas ranch teenager (Withers) is sent to school in San Antonio where she learns to get along with others.

Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Norman Foster | Stars: Jane Withers, Joe Brown Jr., Paul Harvey, Lloyd Corrigan

Votes: 90

29. Portia on Trial (1937)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton).

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Walter Abel, Frieda Inescort, Neil Hamilton, Heather Angel

Votes: 88

30. The Mighty (1929)

75 min | Action, Drama

A gangster's henchman becomes a hero after he is drafted to serve in the Great War.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: George Bancroft, Esther Ralston, Warner Oland, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 76

31. Derelict (1930)

Approved | 75 min | Adventure

Adventure follows a ship on its watery course between Latin America and the United States.

Directors: Rowland V. Lee, Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis, William 'Stage' Boyd, Donald Stuart

Votes: 66

32. Rich Man's Folly (1931)

Approved | 80 min | Drama

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: George Bancroft, Frances Dee, Robert Ames, Juliette Compton

Votes: 55

33. Illusion (1929)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A vaudeville magician and his lady assistant break up their team, when he becomes infatuated with a socialite, only to get back together when she is almost killed in her new act gone wrong.

Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Kay Francis

Votes: 41

34. Forgotten Faces (1928)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Clive Brook stars as "Heliotrope" Harry, a gentleman thief tossed in jail for killing his wife's lover. Before turning himself in, Harry leaves his baby girl on the doorstep of a rich, ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Clive Brook, Mary Brian, Olga Baclanova, William Powell

Votes: 40

35. Street of Sin (1928)

Passed | 70 min | Drama

The story is set in the seamy Soho section of London, where burglar Basher Bill shares bed and board with his sluttish girlfriend Annie. As wicked as they come, Bill softens when he meets virtuous Salvation Army lass Elizabeth.

Directors: Mauritz Stiller, Ludwig Berger, Lothar Mendes, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Emil Jannings, Fay Wray, Olga Baclanova, Ernest W. Johnson

Votes: 32

36. The Dummy (1929)

Passed | 60 min | Mystery

The Dummy is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Robert Milton and written by Harriet Ford, Harvey J. O'Higgins, Herman J. Mankiewicz and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film stars Fredric ... See full summary »

Directors: Robert Milton, Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, John Cromwell, Fred Kohler

Votes: 31

37. Fools for Luck (1928)

60 min | Comedy

Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until (surprise) oil is re-discovered.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: W.C. Fields, Chester Conklin, Sally Blane, Jack Luden

Votes: 25

38. The Showdown (1928)

77 min | Drama

A group of Westerners seek oil in Latin America, fighting over their claims and the local prostitute. When glamorous Sibyl appears, "Lucky" Cardan warns her that no woman can stay "decent" in "this country." Sibyl vows to prove him wrong.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton, Fred Kohler

Votes: 24

39. Fashions in Love (1929)

73 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Fay Compton, Miriam Seegar, John Miljan

Votes: 19

40. Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy

The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring writer is awaiting outside the office ... See full summary »

Directors: Fred Guiol, James W. Horne, J.A. Howe | Stars: Max Davidson, Stuart Holmes, Spec O'Donnell, James Finlayson

Votes: 17

41. Una nueva y gloriosa nación (1928)

65 min | Biography, Drama, History

In early 1800s colonial Argentina, Belgrano leads a revolt against the oppressive Spanish authorities, and his poorly trained and badly equipped army inflicts a series of stunning defeats ... See full summary »

Director: Albert H. Kelley | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Jacqueline Logan, Guido Trento, Paul Ellis

Votes: 16

42. Wife Savers (1928)

57 min | Comedy

Louis Hozenozzle and 2d Lieut. Rodney Ramsbottom, two American soldiers, are stationed in Switzerland after World War I. Ramsbottom is in love with Colette, a pretty Swiss girl, and when he... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Zasu Pitts, Sally Blane

43. Pa's Medicine (1912)

Comedy, Short

Willie West, a small boy, is very fond of his pet rabbit. He is unhappy because Hank (the rabbit) seems to be losing his former good health. When Willie tries to obtain assistance from his ... See full summary »

Director: George Nichols | Stars: George Nicholls Jr., William Russell, Marguerite Snow, James Cruze

44. The Making of Crooks (1915)

Short

Druggist Walton, convicted for the sale of doped candy to children, is released from prison through the intercession of Lee O'Neill, a powerful political "boss." Shaking off the qualms of ... See full summary »

Director: William Robert Daly | Stars: Jack Pickford, Thelma Crain, George Hernandez, Herman Ullmer

45. La vacanza del diavolo (1931)

71 min | Drama

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Director: Jack Salvatori | Stars: Carmen Boni, Camillo Pilotto, Maurizio D'Ancora, Cesare Zoppetti

46. The Port of Missing Girls (1928)

Passed | 80 min | Drama

Neglected by her moneyed parents and disillusioned with her boyfriend (Buddie Larkins, a bootlegger and philanderer), aspiring vocalist Ruth King joins a school for stage and fancy dancing,... See full summary »

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Barbara Bedford, Malcolm McGregor, Natalie Kingston, Hedda Hopper