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:
America’s Wonderland Film, 1992 - 1993
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Silent, in colour. Various scenes filmed by by Noel Drewe. Includes Sangers Bullfight posters, Old Town Hall, Zig Zag the Juggler, Ben Lester the Clown, a High Tension High Wire Act, Gapebridge Park 1993, Sealed Knot at Gapebridge Park, Horse Show at Brirns Camp Gaddesden, Robert Brothers poster, Rialto poster, circus variety poster, Leo the Lion's Circus Adventure, Jarmins Fields 1992, and possibly Princess Adsha on the trapeze.
Big Top Olympia Bertram Mills Circus Film, 1957
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Peak Films. Black and white with sound. Commercial film showing Victor Julian’s dogs and monkeys, the flying acrobats trampolin, equestrian display with 16 horses, The Six Raspinis, ladder act, old friends clowns, Rodin and sea lions, The Cimb… horseship, water carnival clowns, and elephant ballet.
Dog and Dynamite Film, c1932 - 1965
8mm. Silent, in colour. Commercial film. A very rare Russian clown comedy with origial routine.
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.
Moscow State Circus Film, 1996
Super8, Pathe Pictorial. 50 feet. In colour, with sound. Outdoor scenes at Watford, Knutsford Recreation Ground, Hertfordshire. Features lions, juggling and clowns. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe.
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.
Sawdust Ring, Circus Thrills No.3, Circus Comes to Town, Big Top and Bertram Mills Circus 1958 Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Includes Ron Harris, Belle Vue Circus, Alby Dustin and Billy Merchant. Circus Comes to Town is Silent. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1932 - 1949
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from the 9.5mm silent film. Also contains the Sanger memorial at St. John Cemetery Margate, Lord George Sanger’s Circus, and James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.
Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Dupe print of all 4 films, possibly extracts including Clown Cavalcade, Here's the Circus, Circus Thrills, and Fun at the Circus. 'Clown Cavalcade' is a 50ft, Pathescope release. Includes London Olympia. 'Here's the Circus' features Bertram Mills by Movie Pak. 'Circus Thrills' features Bertram Mills by Peak/Walton. 'Fun at the Circus' features Bertram Mills by Movie Pak.
Filtered By
- Subject: Clowning X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 8
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 3
- Aerialists 2
- Amusement rides 2
- Animal trainers 2
- Animals 6
- Boxing 2
- Circus 8
- Comedians 3
- Equestrians 3
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 2
- Jugglers 4
- Knife throwing 2
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 3
- Performers 3
- Ringmaster 2
- Showman 3
- Striptease 2
- Stunt performers 2
- Transport 2
- Wild west 2
- Wrestling 2
- Zoos 2 + ∧ less