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 9 Collections and/or Records:
At the Circus Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 2 Reels, with Sound. Includes Circus Karo with trapeze, whip act and sea lions. Original sound commentary by Geoffrey Sumner. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
At the Circus Film, c1930 - 1934
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 800 feet, 22 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Features Circus Karo, including trapeze, whip act and sea lions. Original sound commentary by Geoffrey Sumner. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
Chipperfield's Circus Film, 1980 - 1992
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.
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.
Films, c1930 - 1990
Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.
Fun at the Circus and Rings Around the World Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial films featuring; Pablo Noel and his lions, The Franchescos, The Flying Armours, Rupi Cardenos, Mendiz, and Seitz high wire act. Bertram Mills Circus.
Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.
Stan the Foreman, Joey the Donkey, The Range Busters, Easy Street and Safety Last Film, c1942 - 1965
8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel in 'Stan the Foreman'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Dusty King and Max Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Charles Chaplin in 'Easy Street'. Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis in 'Safety Last'. Also features a Trapeze act from an airplane and sheep.
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- Subject: Aerialists X
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- Type
- Archival Object 8
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 2
- Amusement rides 2
- Animal trainers 2
- Animals 5
- Boxing 2
- Circus 8
- Clowning 2
- Comedians 2
- Equestrians 2
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 2
- Jugglers 2
- Knife throwing 3
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 3
- Performers 4
- Ringmaster 3
- Showman 2
- Striptease 2
- Stunt performers 2
- Transport 2
- Wild west 2
- Wrestling 2
- Zoos 2 + ∧ less