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, c1940 - 1949
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. Black and white, silent. 350 Feet. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in Right Dress scene from 'With Love and Hisses'. Tom Mix in 'Vigilantes Vengeance'. The feature film 'Nude Exercising'. Snooky the Monkey extract from 'Just in Time'. Errol Flynn in 'They Died with their Boots On'.Three Little Bruins and Animal Farm.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Ride' western. Billy Dooley in 'Full Speed Ahead'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan’s Savage Fury'. Tiny Sandford in 'Soup to Nuts'. Rudolph Valentino in 'Society Sensation'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace'. 1001 Night and Country Girl. Also features glamour girls, jousting, animals, and nudity.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1945
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Mack Sennett. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'A Harem Knight'. Larry Semon in 'Dunces and Danger'. Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73' Charles Chaplin in 'The Vagabond'. Also features Country Girl, Love Loot and Crash, Whispering Lions and glamour girls.
Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 350 feet. Vitagraph Company of America. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Putting Pants on Phillip'. Bathing Beauties, Shooting Wild, Palace of Turkish Delights and Monty’s Hair Raising Train Rescue. Also features glamour extracts.
Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from cartoons and commercial films. Includes; Bucky and Petito in 'The Wandering Elephant'. Lupino Lane in 'Eastern Antics'. Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Rider'. The Lion Tamer, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.
Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965
Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965
Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965
Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965
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- Acrobats 7
- Aerialists 9
- Amusement rides 4
- Animal trainers 8
- Animals 103
- Boxing 8
- Caricatures and cartoons 3
- Circus 205
- Circus workers 1
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- Magic 5
- Motion pictures 118
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- Ringmaster 3
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- Stunt performers 6
- Transport 7
- Wild west 5
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