Directing
Paul Nickell
Born — Died
1915-12-28 — 2000-05-17
Place of birth
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Known for
9.0In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on to the gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, even though she loves the builder.
Summer Pavilion
1955
NRThe story of court-martialed Union soldier William Scott, who is slated for execution for sleeping on duty after he was sent for by Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
1952
5.5George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Episode 1 of Season 6 of Studio One's anthology series.
1984
1953
NRFrom the anthology series Studio One. On opening night, a playwright sits in a bar interacting with well-wishers and remembering the problems of getting a play ready for Broadway while anxiously awaiting the verdicts of the eight newspaper critics.
Confessions of a Nervous Man
1953
NRNo details available
Child of Trouble
1957
9.0Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950
Behind the camera
9.0In an old Louisiana plantation, the furnishings and the once great family are fading fast.The matriarch desperately tries to hold on to the gazebo that's slated for destruction as part of a building project, as well as holding her daughter to an unwanted marriage, even though she loves the builder.
Summer Pavilion
1955
NRThe story of court-martialed Union soldier William Scott, who is slated for execution for sleeping on duty after he was sent for by Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
1952
5.5George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. Episode 1 of Season 6 of Studio One's anthology series.
1984
1953
NRFrom the anthology series Studio One. On opening night, a playwright sits in a bar interacting with well-wishers and remembering the problems of getting a play ready for Broadway while anxiously awaiting the verdicts of the eight newspaper critics.
Confessions of a Nervous Man
1953
NRNo details available
Child of Trouble
1957
9.0Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
1950
NRItaly, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
The Taming of the Shrew
1950
NRJames Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has been stowed there.
10,000 Horses Singing
1952
NRThe mental condition of psychiatrist's wife Lorna Baylor begins to deteriorate as an anonymous delivery of flowers arrives at her home, awakening her phobia of white carnations. This is the 1950 version. You can tell because it previews the next weeks movie, which was The Wisdom Tooth.
Flowers from a Stranger
1950
NRThe story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.
The Hostess with the Mostes'
1957
7.0The story of James Otis who was a part of the American revolution. He contested in court the right of the British to search colonists' homes.
A Bolt of Lightning
1951
Captain English permits Mr. Walkes to board his ship bound for Bali, only to learn Walkes is unwelcome at virtually every port, forcing English to endure his increasingly unwelcome guest.
A Passenger to Bali
1950
NRYoung Timmy Martin's world falls apart when he learns that his family must move to Australia. Lassie is to remain in America, so the Martins search for a new home for the Collie. Neighbor Cully Wilson takes Lassie in, but the old man already has a dog, the cheeky Yorkshire Terrier named Silky. Lassie is now constantly occupied with keeping the small dog in check.
Lassie: The Wayfarers
1964
5.0A sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities supposedly hidden in the rambling mansion owned by spinster Cornelia Van Gorde.
The Bat
1960
NRA reenactment of the trial of John Peter Zenger who was arrested during US colonial times for printing materials against the British.
The Trial of John Peter Zenger
1953
