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

Behind the camera

Summer Pavilion poster
9.0

In 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

Abraham Lincoln poster
NR

The 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

1984 poster
5.5

George 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

Confessions of a Nervous Man poster
NR

From 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

Child of Trouble poster
NR

No details available

Child of Trouble

1957

Studio One: Wuthering Heights poster
9.0

Mistreated 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

The Taming of the Shrew poster
NR

Italy, 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

10,000 Horses Singing poster
NR

James 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

Flowers from a Stranger poster
NR

The 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

The Hostess with the Mostes' poster
NR

The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.

The Hostess with the Mostes'

1957

A Bolt of Lightning poster
7.0

The 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

No artwork available
4.0

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

Lassie: The Wayfarers poster
NR

Young 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

The Bat poster
5.0

A 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

The Trial of John Peter Zenger poster
NR

A 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