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:
Rehearsal Tape: Children’s Circus Recording, 1972
Compilation. 1/4 Audio Reel. Labelled; 1. '76 Trombones (Opening)', 2. 'Gabriella - Possible 1st Number', 3. 'Aida - Could use this for Gabriella 2nd Number or Finale of her act', 4. 'Finale - Circus on Parade', 5. 'Ringmaster March - Parade Sometime', 6. 'Baby Elephant Walk - for baby elephants, Christmas'.
Ride ‘Em Cowboy, Dog Heaven, Elmo Lincoln and Jane, Prairie Pirates, and Mixed Magic Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic Tape. 300 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Pete and Our Gang in 'Dog Heaven'. Tex Williams in 'Priarie Pirates'. Buster Keaton in 'Mixed Magic'. Also features nude scenes from striphouse, as well as animal scenes, including tiger and monkey.
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.
Rings Around the World, and Circus Thrills Film, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Pilo Magic. Two films on one reel.
Sally, Nose for News, The Four des Ballet of Brigitte Bardot, Arabian Nights, and Slapstick Parade Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic Tape. 300 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Joe Cook in 'Nose for News'. Maria Montez in Sabu extract from 'Arabian Nights'. Also features animal scenes, including lion leaping, birds, and tiger. As well as women's Wrestling.
Sawdust and Spangles, Housekeeping at the Zoo and Chumming with the Animals Film, c1945 - 1990
16mm, Kodakscope Safety Film. Silent, colour-tinted amber. From the Kodascope libraries. The titles on the can read 'Housekeeping at the Zoo', 'Getting Gay with Neptune' (crossed out), 'Chumming with the Animals', and 'Sawdust and Spangles'. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
Sawdust and Tinsel Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent.
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.
Scenes From I'm No Angel Film, 1933
Super8, Grasso. Castle Films. Silent. Starring Mae West.
See How They Run Film, c1932 - 1965
8mm, Eismig. Black and white, silent. Commercial film.
Shooting Wild on Access Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Note on box reads, "Seen at the Zoo and Caught Snapping".
Short Subjects Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Actina. Black and white, silent. Includes Micky Breaks Jail, Pearl Harbour, Pepperly Popeye, Birdies Love Cats and Big Cheese Popeye. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Sir Robert Fosset and Fosset Bros. Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
8mm, G. B. Ferrosonic Tape. Silent, in colour. Includes Parson's Recreation Ground, Leighton Buzzard, Boxmoor, and the Trust Lands at Hemel Hempstead. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Ski Jump Bronco and Motorcycle Wire Act Films, 1967
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. Colour, silent. Amateur film. Supplied by C. W. Cramp. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.
Snow White and the Three Stooges, The Glass Mountain and Wandering Willies Film, c1960 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Emitape. 350 feet. Chanford. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Including; Michael Dennison, Dulcie Grey, Valentina Cortess, Tito Gobby and Sebastian Shaw in a trailer of 'The Glass Mountain'. Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde in 'Wandering Willies' . Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Soho Striptease Film, 1960
8mm, Petco Reel. 400 feet. Black and white, with sound. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Some Bird! Film, c1945 - 1951
Circusama, Yesterday Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Includes Glenn Tyron.
Stan the Foreman, Joey the Donkey, The Range Busters, Easy Street and Safety Last Film, c1942 - 1965
8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel in 'Stan the Foreman'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Dusty King and Max Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Charles Chaplin in 'Easy Street'. Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis in 'Safety Last'. Also features a Trapeze act from an airplane and sheep.
Steam Fair Recording, c1945 - 1995
Fairground music. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fair Recording, c1945 - 1995
Fairground Music, Traction Engines. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 342
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 7
- Aerialists 9
- Amusement rides 4
- Animal trainers 8
- Animals 103
- Boxing 8
- Caricatures and cartoons 3
- Circus 205
- Circus workers 1
- Clowning 9
- Comedians 29
- Equestrians 3
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 21
- Jugglers 4
- Knife throwing 3
- Magic 5
- Motion pictures 118
- Music 3
- Performers 28
- Puppets 1
- Ringmaster 3
- Showman 5
- Striptease 8
- Stunt performers 6
- Transport 7
- Wild west 5
- World's fairs and expositions 1
- Wrestling 4
- Zoos 20 + ∧ less