With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of the best Dickens adaptations in American film.
George Nichols
Director
Harry Benham
Nicolas Nickleby
Mignon Anderson
Madeline Bray
Frances Gibson
Kate Nickleby
Inda Palmer
Nicholas' Mother
Justus D. Barnes
Uncle Ralph
N.Z. Wood
Smike
David Thompson
Schoolmaster Squeers
Isabel O'Madigan
Mrs. Squeers
Marie Eline
Squeers' Son, Wackford
Grace Eline
Fanny Squeers
Etienne Girardot
Gryde
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