{{short description|1926 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = The Nickel-Hopper | image = The Nickel-Hopper poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = F. Richard Jones<br>Hal Yates | producer = Hal Roach | writer = Frank Butler<br>Stan Laurel<br>Hal Roach<br>H. M. Walker (titles) | starring = Mabel Normand<br>Oliver Hardy<br>Boris Karloff | music = | cinematography = Floyd Jackman<br>Len Powers<br>William Wessling | editing = Richard C. Currier | distributor = Pathé Exchange | released = {{Film date|1926|12|5|United States}} | runtime = 37 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) }}
'''''The Nickel-Hopper''''' is a 1926 American short silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand and featuring Oliver Hardy and Boris Karloff in minor uncredited roles.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NickelHopper1926.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Nickel-Hopper'' |accessdate=February 28, 2008|work=silentera.com}}</ref> The film title refers to a taxi dancer's share of the dime ticket price for each dance at dance halls.
==Cast== * Mabel Normand as Paddy, the nickel hopper * Michael Visaroff as Paddy's father * Theodore von Eltz as Jimmy Jessop, Paddy's rich beau * Jimmy Anderson as Cop * Margaret Seddon as Paddy's mother * Mildred Kornman as Edsel * Hammond Holt as Paddy's little brother (uncredited) * William Courtright as Mr. Joy, the landlord (uncredited) * James Finlayson as Rupert, resident of 625 Park St. (uncredited) * Oliver Hardy as Jazz band drummer (uncredited) * Boris Karloff as Dance Hall Masher (uncredited) * Gus Leonard as Blind man (uncredited) * Sam Lufkin as Dance hall extra (uncredited)
==See also== * List of American films of 1926 * Filmography of Oliver Hardy * Boris Karloff filmography
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|The Nickel-Hopper}} *{{IMDb title|0017204}} *{{Internet Archive film|TheNickel-hopper1926|The Nickel-Hopper}} *{{YouTube|kDDI7b3q0oA|''The Nickel-Hopper''}}
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