Geoffrey Malins

Directing

Geoffrey Malins

Born — Died

1886-11-18 — 1940-02-11

Place of birth

Hastings, Sussex, England

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

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

Behind the camera

A Little Bit of Fluff poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Little Bit of Fluff

1919

The Golden Pince-Nez poster
7.5

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Golden Pince-Nez

1922

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10.0

A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.

The Mystery of Thor Bridge

1923

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Recoil

1922

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8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Stockbroker's Clerk

1922

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8.0

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

1923

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10.0

Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone.

The Stone of Mazarin

1923

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9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

1922

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8.0

A headstrong but titled suffragette slips into the power of a murderous con artist.

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

1923

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Blue Carbuncle

1923

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7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Bruce Partington Plans

1922

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10.0

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

1923

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9.0

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

1923

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9.0

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

1923

The Greek Interpreter poster
8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Greek Interpreter

1922

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10.0

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

1923

The Battle of the Somme poster
6.6

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

1916

No artwork available
8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

Black Peter

1922

No artwork available
7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Gloria Scott

1923

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10.0

Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.

The Crooked Man

1923

The King Visits His Armies in the Great Advance poster
6.0

The King arrives at Calais and meets various military and civilian dignitaries. He is taken to General Haig's château at Beauquesne where with Haig and the Prince of Wales he meets President Poincaré and Generals Joffre and Foch (Lloyd George is seen arriving also - see notes below). The King visits troops of II ANZAC Corps, a Casualty Clearing Station in Second Army area, a church at Cassel and the Canadian Corps area. At La Panne he meets with the Prince of Wales and the Belgian royal family to present decorations to Belgian soldiers. He tours parts of Second Army area and the Somme battlefield, escorted by General Sir Henry Rawlinson, while the battle is in progress. The King then returns to Calais and crosses the English Channel in safety.

The King Visits His Armies in the Great Advance

1916

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8.0

'A comedy in which a secretary persuades a man to pose as her fiancée.' (BFI)

Patricia Brent, Spinster

1919

The Six Napoleons poster
9.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Six Napoleons

1922

No artwork available
7.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Musgrave Ritual

1922

No artwork available
7.0

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

1922

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7.0

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

1923

No artwork available
8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

The Speckled Band

1923

London Melody poster
8.0

A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.

London Melody

1930

London Melody poster
8.0

A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.

London Melody

1930

London Melody poster
8.0

A film musical directed by Geoffrey Malins.

London Melody

1930

No artwork available
8.0

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.

Silver Blaze

1923

The German Retreat and the Battle of Arras poster
NR

Documentary, one of a series, showing Great Britain's participation in the First World War. This entry depicts the fighting, waiting, labor, and logistics of the successful British effort to push back the German army at Arras.

The German Retreat and the Battle of Arras

1917

The Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the Tanks poster
7.0

Official film of the British Army’s autumn campaign on the Somme, which ran from 15th September to 18th November 1916.

The Battle of the Ancre and Advance of the Tanks

1917

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8.0

Quota quickie comic short from Britain that is now lost.

Double Dealing

1928

Charles Augustus Milverton poster
9.0

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:

Charles Augustus Milverton

1922