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 343 Collections and/or Records:
King of the Jungle, The Count, No Flies on Us, Flying Deuces, and Tit for Tat Film, c1907 - 2001
King of the Jungle, The Tell-Tale Bullet, Mayhem in the Harem, Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Kill or Cure, The Mad Buttler, Do Detectives Think?, The Bodyguard, The Pawnshop, Arabian Nights, Sabu, Nose for News, Cavemen, and Love, Speed and Thrills Film, c1907 - 2001
King of the Jungle, Wireless Lizzie, Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box, and The Pianola Film, 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'. 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.
Knight of the Trail, Hot Dogs, and Cops Film, 1910 - 1919
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic. 1200 feet. New York Motion Picture. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in 'Hot Dogs'. Buster Keaton in 'Cops'. Also features wild animals of South Africa, lambs and horses.
K.O. Capers, Honest Horace, and Hotel Hysteria Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 350 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Snub Pollard in 'K.O. Capers'. The Fire Rides, Royal Marines motor cycle display team. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Leading Lizzie Astray, Shooting Wild, The Adventurer, Three Bruins Go Camping, and Painting the Town Film, 1914 - 1919
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 300 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Fatty Artbuckle in 'Leading Lizzie Astray'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Adventurer'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Painting the Town'. Also features nude scenes from striphouse.
Limelight No.2 Film, 1963
16mm. Black and White, with Sound. Includes Jayne Mansfield at home - "Dream Home", Louis Prima in the recording studio - "Just For the Record", and nightclubs in Hollywood - "Millionaire Club".
Lion, The Finishing Touch, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in The Builders scene from 'The Finishing Touch'. John Wayne in 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' western. Also features nude scenes. As well as animal scenes including seals, sea lions and penguins.
Llamas Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, British Instructional Film. 100 feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film.
Mack Sennett’s Lion, Circus Boy, Circus Today, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films starring Laurel and Hardy and Jerry Madden.
Mack Sennett's Lion, Cops Ahoy (Keystone Cops), Animals Film, c1907 - 2001
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'.
Mad World of Mack Sennett, Chip the Fireman, Hopalong Cassidy, and Lion and Bear at Chessington Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In Colour, with Sound. Amateur film, supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Man and Beast Film, c1907 - 2001
16mm, Cecolite. 400 feet, 10 minutes long. In Colour, with Sound. Russian Circus Animal Trainers.
Man Eater at Large Film, 1926
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Mack Sennett. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film, starring Billy Beavan and Andy Clyde.
Meet Captain Kidd, Doctor Hairbreadth Harry, The Chuckleheads, Wild Animals of South Africa, Bathing Beauties, and She Strips Film, 1945
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, MGM. 350 Feet. Features both Colour and Black and White footage, with Sound. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Opening title and scenes from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'. Julie Jordan in 'She Strips'. Hippopotamus from South Africa.
Mickey's Circus Film, c1907 - 2001
8mm. Silent, in Colour. Walt Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon.
Miracle of the White Stallions Film, 1963
8mm, Plio-Magic. Disney. Silent, in Colour. Disney Home Movie version titled 'The Proud Horses of Austria'.
Monkeyland Film, c1907 - 2001
9.5mm.
Monty Goes to Ningwood Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 300 feet. In Colour, with Sound. RSPCA Promotion Film about horse going to an old horses home. Supplied by C.W. Cramp.
Moscow Circus Film, 1974
Super8, British Movietone News 1974. Distributed by Powell Films.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 342
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 1
- Aerialists 5
- Amusement rides 3
- Animal trainers 3
- Animals 83
- Boxing 6
- Caricatures and cartoons 3
- Circus 205
- Circus workers 1
- Clowning 3
- Comedians 24
- Fairground art 1
- Fairs 20
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 114
- Music 3
- Performers 8
- Puppets 1
- Showman 1
- Striptease 7
- Stunt performers 2
- Transport 5
- Wild west 3
- World's fairs and expositions 1
- Wrestling 1
- Zoos 15 + ∧ less