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:
Compilation of Various Films and Animal Scenes Film, c1932 - 1965
Compilation of Various Films and Zoo Scenes Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In colour with sound including the Mad World of Mack Sennett, Chip the Fireman, Hopalong Cassidy, and Lion and Bear at Chessington, supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Copy of Trapeze Film, c1965 - 1979
Super8, Grasso. In colour, with sound. Feature film starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Distributed by Derann. Directed by Carol Reed. Susan Productions Inc.
Crazy Emeus Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. Black and white, silent. Box notes read, "All the Thrills, Spills & Chariots, Clowns etc. All in one reel of pleasure". Ilkeston Line Centre.
Dainty by Daring, Gunga Din and Winchester 73 Film, c1942 - 1965
8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Cary Grant in Gunga Din. Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea in 'Whincester 73'. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello in airplane stun. Also features glamour girls.
Damsel in Distress Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Eumio. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Commercial film. Also includes; M.G.M. lion trailer, Tom Brown’s School Days, a tribute to Harrison Marks, and Rosa glamour girl. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Days of Thrill and Laughter and Monty Banks' Train Ride Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Destry and the Vigilantes, Hi Diddle Fiddle and Just in Time Film, c1942 - 1965
8mm. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'. Snooky the Monkey in 'Just in Time'. Tom Mix in 'Destry and the Vigilantes'. Also features Indian elephants from safari 1964, and rodeo scenes.
Dizzy Dames Film, c1935 - 1945
8mm, Kodak. Peak Films. Black and white, silent. Feature film starring Marjorie Rambeau. Copied to DIGI-BETA.
Do Detectives Think (The Bodyguard) Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Noah Young.
Dog and Dynamite Film, c1932 - 1965
8mm. Silent, in colour. Commercial film. A very rare Russian clown comedy with origial routine.
Duo Sidelnikov Film, c1962 - 1993
VHS PAL.
Easy Street, Safety Last and Scenes from the London Zoo Film, c1932 - 1990
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 275 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; animal scenes and wild birds from Slimbridge Sussex. Dog and cat from India. Indian scenes. Ballet dancers and female nudity from the USA. Polar bears and brown bears from the London Zoo. 'Easy Street' starring Charlie Chaplin and Eric Campbell. 'Safety Last' starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.
Easy Street, Trailing Double Trouble and Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle Film, c1942 - 1965
Elephant Film, c1945 - 1990
Circusama, Yesterday's Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 Feet. Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation. In colour, with sound. Commercial film.
Elephants Elbows Film, 1938
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G. B. Ferrosonic Tape. Silent, colour-tinted. Note on case reads "A juvenile 2 reel comedy from the Kodascope Library".
Extract from The Story of Three Loves Film, c1965 - 1979
Super8. Trapeze act extract from 'The Story of Three Loves' starring Kirk Douglas and Pier Angeli.
Extracts from Circus Films, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, F.I.N.S. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Extracts from films including Snooky's Crazy Outing, The Chuckleheads, Chase Winnie Chase, Ginger Nut’s Christmas Circus, Hold that Lion, The Three Stooges, and Circus Slickers. Note on box reads "To be used in Pixies Circusama". Includes W.C. Fields.
Extracts from Feature Circus Films, c1965 - 1979
Super8. Extracts filmed from the television.
Extracts from Mack Sennett’s Lion, Circus Boy and Circus Today Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films starring Laurel and Hardy and Jerry Madden.
Additional filters:
- 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