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 8 Collections and/or Records:
A Day with Paul Le Royer Film, c1950 - 1959
16mm, Pathe. 300 Feet. Film about a French animal keeper and trainer.
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.
Extracts from Mack Sennett's Lion, Cops Ahoy and Animals Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Plio Magic. Many extracts from films featuring the Moscow State Circus, featuring Amazing Lion Act and Giant Trampoline Act. Includes scenes from the films 'Jealousy in the Circus', 'The Lion Tamer', and 'It’s in the Balance'.
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.
Man and Beast Film, c1945 - 1990
16mm, Cecolite. 400 feet, 10 minutes long. In colour, with sound. Russian circus animal trainers.
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.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from 9.5mm silent film. Also includes; Sanger memorial at St John Cemetery, Margate. Lord George Sanger’s Circus. James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. Black and white, silent.
Filtered By
- Subject: Animal trainers X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 7
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 2
- Aerialists 2
- Amusement rides 2
- Animals 5
- Boxing 2
- Circus 7
- Clowning 2
- Comedians 2
- Equestrians 2
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 2
- Jugglers 2
- Knife throwing 2
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 3
- Performers 2
- Ringmaster 2
- Showman 3
- Striptease 2
- Stunt performers 2
- Transport 2
- Wild west 2
- Wrestling 2
- Zoos 2 + ∧ less