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 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bathing Beauties, The Jazz Band Leader and Tomahawk Territory Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 400 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Including; Ford Sterling in 'The Jazz Band Leader'. Buffalo Bill in 'Tomahawk Territory'. Also features animal scenes including; zebras, chimps and leopards.
Born in the Saddle Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. Universal Pictures. 100 Feet. Black and white, silent. Western starring Ted Wells. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
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.
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.
Ride 'em Cowboy Film, c1942 - 1950
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm. Black and white with sound. Includes Euegene Castle. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
Filtered By
- Subject: Wild west X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 4
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 2
- Aerialists 2
- Amusement rides 2
- Animal trainers 2
- Animals 2
- Boxing 2
- Circus 3
- Clowning 2
- Comedians 2
- Equestrians 2
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 2
- Jugglers 2
- Knife throwing 2
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 4
- Performers 3
- Ringmaster 2
- Showman 2
- Striptease 2
- Stunt performers 2
- Transport 2
- Wrestling 2
- Zoos 2 + ∧ less