George Ridgwell

Directing

George Ridgwell

Born — Died

1867-10-29 — 1935-04-03

Place of birth

Woolwich, London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases poster
8.0

Eille Norwood stars as the Great Detective in three episodes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia, wherein Holmes falls for ‘the woman’; The Golden Pince-Nez, which features Holmes’ deductive powers at work; and The Final Problem, featuring the sinister Professor Moriarty. The episodes are accompanied by newly commissioned scores by Joanna MacGregor, Neil Brand and Joseph Havlat.

Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases

2025

The Golden Pince-Nez poster
7.5

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

The Golden Pince-Nez

1922

The Crimson Circle poster
10.0

Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.

The Crimson Circle

1922

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gamble in Lives

1920

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Gamble in Lives

1920

No artwork available
8.0

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

The Stockbroker's Clerk

1922

No artwork available
10.0

Adaptation of the Conan Doyle story The Mazarin Stone.

The Stone of Mazarin

1923

No artwork available
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

No artwork available
10.0

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

The Mystery of Thor Bridge

1923

The Red Circle poster
8.0

A London lady comes to Holmes in curiosity about her newest lodger. After first renting the room, arranging for meals and newspaper to be left at the door, and paying a very high fee, he disappears completely. Or, is it someone else now inside the room?

The Red Circle

1922

No artwork available
8.0

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

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

1923

No artwork available
7.0

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

The Bruce Partington Plans

1922

No artwork available
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

No artwork available
9.0

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

The Boscombe Valley Mystery

1922

The Second Stain poster
10.0

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

The Second Stain

1922

No artwork available
7.0

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

The Blue Carbuncle

1923

No artwork available
7.0

A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.

Lily of Killarney

1930

No artwork available
7.0

A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.

Lily of Killarney

1930

Don't Blame Your Children poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Don't Blame Your Children

1922

The Greek Interpreter poster
8.0

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

The Greek Interpreter

1922

No artwork available
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

A girl detective and a reporter recover stolen gems hidden in a Chinese idol.

The Amazing Partnership

1921

No artwork available
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

No artwork available
8.0

An earnest young solicitor comes to Holmes just before he is arrested--for murder. He insists he had only just met the victim, and knows nothing of him, though he finds himself his sole beneficiary. But then Holmes finds a new thumb print, and the game is afoot.

The Norwood Builder

1922

No artwork available
8.0

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

Black Peter

1922

No artwork available
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

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Root of Evil

1919

The Final Problem poster
7.0

Holmes and Watson travel to Cheddar Gorge to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance.

The Final Problem

1923

No artwork available
7.0

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

The Gloria Scott

1923

No artwork available
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

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Lost Leader

1922

Somewhere in Georgia poster
8.0

Somewhere in Georgia is a 1917 silent film, starring baseball great Ty Cobb. It was based on a short story by sports columnist Grantland Rice.

Somewhere in Georgia

1917

No artwork available
8.0

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

The Speckled Band

1923

Fruits of Passion poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Fruits of Passion

1919

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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8.0

A man's second wife is blackmailed by her former husband for the murder of her lover.

The Notorious Mrs. Carrick

1924

The Water Lily poster
8.0

Genevieve Connors, a young woman from the slums who is given a chance at a better life through the help of a wealthy family, but faces class prejudice and is later involved in a criminal plot.

The Water Lily

1919

No artwork available
9.0

The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.

Becket

1924

No artwork available
NR

The romantic 13th-century history of Prince Llywelyn of Wales, and his conflict with King Edward I of England.

The Last King of Wales

1922

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