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 205 Collections and/or Records:
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, 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 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.
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.
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.
Duo Sidelnikov Film, c1962 - 1993
VHS PAL.
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.
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'.
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