I tae mai a Nicholson ki Hollywood i te tau 1954, i te tekau ma whitu o ona tau, ki te toro i tana tuahine. I mahi ia hei kaimahi tari mo nga kaiwhakaari whakaari a William Hanna raua ko Joseph Barbera i te whare pikitia o te MGM. I whakawhiwhia e ratou ki a ia he mahi tiimata hei kaiwhakaari whakaari, engari i paopao ia, e kii ana ko tana hiahia ki te noho hei kaiwhakaari. I whakangungu ia hei kaiwhakaari me tetahi roopu e kiia ana ko te Players Ring Theatre, i muri i taua wa ka kitea e ia nga waahanga iti e mahi ana i runga i te atamira me nga opera hopi pouaka whakaata. I puta tana kiriata tuatahi i roto i te kiriata rangatahi iti-puna Cry The Baby Killer (1958), e mahi ana i te taitara. Mo te tekau tau e whai ake nei, he hoa mahi a Nicholson me te kaihanga o te kiriata, a Roger Corman. He maha nga wa i whakahaerehia e Nicholson, ko te nuinga o nga mea i roto i te Little Shop of Horrors, hei kaiwhakaari whakamataku, me te kaituku wairua i te taha o
Ko te Kaitiaki Kaitiaki Kaitiaki (1958)