Geoffrey Malins
Directing
Biography
Arthur "Geoffrey" Herbert Malins was a British film director most famous for camera and editing work on the 1916 war film The Battle of the Somme, which combined documentary and propaganda, and reached an audience of over 20 million viewers.
Known For
A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.
The Mystery of Thor Bridge
A German spy named Von Bork has been in England since 1910. Through several agents, he has gathered a significant amount of information relating to the British armed forces and foreign policy. He is unaware that a large amount of that information is false because one of his agents is really Sherlock Holmes, who is working for the British government.
His Last Bow
Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
The Abbey Grange
Dr. John Watson treats a patient who has lost a thumb. The patient says that the loss of his thumb was not an accident but the result of an attack. However, he fears that the story behind the loss of his digit is so strange that the police will not believe it.
The Engineer's Thumb
A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.
The Battle of the Somme
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Silver Blaze
Susan Cushing asks Holmes' help in solving the disappearance of her sister Mary Browner, but it doesn't seem Holmes' type of case until he is told of a Christmas present's grisly contents.
The Cardboard Box
Holmes receives a mysterious telegram from Cyril Overton, the captain of the Cambridge University rugby team. Overton later explains that one of the best players on his team, a young man named Godfrey Staunton, went missing while in London for an important game. Holmes follows a trail of clues back to Cambridge.
The Missing Three Quarter
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
The Mystery of the Dancing Men
No description available.
The Recoil
Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone.
The Stone of Mazarin
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Golden Pince-Nez
Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
Charles Augustus Milverton
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
Black Peter
Hilton Soames, a lecturer in Greek at a university, notices that someone has gone into his study and looked at the text for an unseen translation exam that is due to take place the next day. Suspicion falls on the three students who live in the same building in which Soames lives and works, all of whom are entered for the exam.
The Three Students
No description available.
A Little Bit of Fluff
Quota quickie comic short from Britain that is now lost.
Double Dealing
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
The Musgrave Ritual
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.