Drewe, Noel, Active 1927 - 1995 (Circus Enthusiast)
Dates
- Existence: Active 1927 - 1995
Biography
Noel Drewe was a circus historian and collector as well as an avid film enthusiast with a keen flair for filmmaking.
He made short films shot on 8mm featuring an eclectic mix of fairground experiences, illustrating the pleasures of Battersea fun fair, Southend-on-Sea, Kent seaside, Folkstone, Clacton and Southsea on Kodachrome colour film stock.
Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:
Cockeyed Clowns, Tons of Trouble, and Circus Thrills Film, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Auto Reel. 'Cockeyed Clowns' is a silent comedy, starring Ben Turpin. 'Tons of Trouble' has sound. 'Circus Thrills' has sound.
Comic Cuts from the Past and The Pole Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent.
Compilation of Various Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Scenes from several commercial films. Includes; Jeff Chandler in 'Roman Chariots', Charles Chaplin in 'The Waiter', Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'What a Picnic' (extract from Perfect Day), and Bud Abbot and Lou Costello in 'Meet the Keystone Cops'. Also includes scenes of animals, a glamour girl and a rodeo.
Compilation of Various Film, c1932 - 1965
Compilation of Various Film, c1942 - 1965
Compilation of Various Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Walt Disney. 400 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard in 'Backstage'. Ken Maynard in 'The Phantom Rides the Range' and 'Tarzan'. Cinnamon the chimpanzee in 'Aping the Law'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'and Dumbo Makes the Big Top. Also features animal scenes with Wndell Coney and tiger, as well as Caroline Dell.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from various films. Includes; 'Fatty’s Magic Pants', Giraffe and Elephant, Mr Richie Buys a Piano from 'Piano Movers' starring Charles Chaplin and Mack Swain, Snub Polland extract from'It’s a Gift', 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' starring Erroll Flynn, glamour girls, Mint a Dunfree, scenes of Deer and a Cheetah and Ben Turpin the Daredevil.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Mixed shorts. Includes; 'Bronco Billy and the Maid' starring G.M. Anderson. 'Wiggle your Ears' starring Little Rascals, Our Gang. Lupin o Lane and Wallace Lane extract from 'Be my King'. Chimp at Chessington Zoo, comic cuts in hot water, Tom Mix and girl, tiger in a jungle, a monkey in a tree and teh perils of Pauline.
Compilation of Various Films, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.6mm, Warner Brothers. Black and white, silent. Commercial film extracts inbcluding Good Old Corn, Chessington Zoo, Hopalong Cassidy, Lion, The Cake Maker, Joe Cobb and Pete, Stunt Riding from Calgary Cowboy Stampede, George Michael Lion, Leopard Springing, Western Scenes, Chippy Chumps, and Laurel and Hardy Busy Bodies. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Compilation of Various Films, c1950 - 1959
Compilation of Various Films, 1933
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Dixons. 300 Feet, Paramount Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'King of the Jungle' starring Buster Crabbe. 'Wireless Lizzie' starring Walter Hiers. Lupino Lane in' Movieland Mixup', Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box and 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films including western Scenes, Uncle’s Tea Party, Heather Rose, Haunted Gainsborough, Ken Maynard, Sell it, Lovenest on Wheels, Two Girls, A Fishy Caveman Story, A Stone Age Romance, and Flying Elephants starring Harrions Marks, Ken Maynard, Heather Rose, Buster Keaton, Walter Long, and Laurel and Hardy. Also includes 'Spell it' by Stuart Wynn Jones and an extract featuring Lupino Lane.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charlie Rings the Bell from 'The Fireman' starring Charlie Chaplin. 'Cave Inn' starring Ralph Graves. Round 8 and finale of the World Featherweight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. 'Tarzan’s Hideout' starring Elmo Lincoln.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial movies and other scenes. Includes; Fancy Dress, nudes, young ladies and cowboys, Ben Turpin Stuntman, Wild Horses. 'The Iron Mule' starring Al St John. Billy Beavan as 'Honest Horace'. Johnny Arthur in 'Johnnie’s Wooing'. Our Gang extract from 'One Wild Ride'. Supplied by Perry’s Movies Ltd.
Compilation of Various Films, 1945
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, MGM. 350 Feet. Features both colour and black and white footage, with Sound. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Opening title and scenes from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd', Doctor Hairbreadth Harry, The Chuckleheads, Bathing Beauties, Julie Jordan in 'She Strips' and hippopotamus from South Africa.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Posso. First National Pictures, 350 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Keaton in 'The Blacksmith' and 'Hill Billy Hotel'. Sophie Dawn in 'The Bare Truth'. Harold Lloyd in 'His Royal Slyness', The Dance, Make Mine Roman Style, George O’Brien in 'Three Stooges Go West' and Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'.
Compilation of Various Films, c1947 - 1960
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Keaton in 'Hill Billy Hotel'. Jane Paul in 'Perchance to Scream'. Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard in 'His Royal Slyness'. Sophie Dawn in 'The Bare Truth'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Laurel and Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'The Finishing Touch', George O’Brien and Three Stooges Go West and The Dance.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
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- Type
- Archival Object 342
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 7
- Aerialists 9
- Amusement rides 4
- Animal trainers 8
- Animals 103
- Boxing 8
- Caricatures and cartoons 3
- Circus 205
- Circus workers 1
- Clowning 9
- Comedians 29
- Equestrians 3
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 21
- Jugglers 4
- Knife throwing 3
- Magic 5
- Motion pictures 118
- Music 3
- Performers 28
- Puppets 1
- Ringmaster 3
- Showman 5
- Striptease 8
- Stunt performers 6
- Transport 7
- Wild west 5
- World's fairs and expositions 1
- Wrestling 4
- Zoos 20 + ∧ less