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:
Steam Fair Recording, 1978
Fairground Music. Suffolk. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fayre Film, c1965 - 1979
Super8, Mountain Films Ltd. 200 feet, 12 minutes long. In colour, with sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA. Note reads 'sound on this copy in Arabic?'
Sugar Daddies, Hot Dogs, The Indians are Coming, Misbehaving Husbands and Double Whoopee Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 300 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy, Noah Young and James Finlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Charles Chaplin in 'Hot Dogs'. Col Tim McCoy and Edmund Cobb in 'The Indians are Coming'. Laurel and Hardy, Jean Harlow and Edrich Vonstroheim in 'Double Whoopee'.
Sugar Daddies, The Jungle Princess, Buzzing Around, and The Adventurer Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Noah Young, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Juanita Hansen in 'The Jungle Princess'. Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John in 'Buzzing Around'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Adventurer'. Also features animal scenes with lioness, tiger, and collie dogs.
Take the Air Film, c1945 - 1950
9.5mm. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Paul Perrot.
Taxi Dolls and Criminals at Large Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 320 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Criminals at Large'. Also features chimp comedy, western scenes and Shirley Temple.
The Big Circus, and Mary Chipperfield's Circus Film, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Plio Magic. In colour, possibly with Sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.
The Chemist, Nose for News and Arabian Nights Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Eumio. 350 feet. Educational Films Corporation of America. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. includes; Buster Keaton in 'The Chemist'. Joe Cook in 'Nose for News'. Also features women wrestlers, animal scenes of camels and birds, and an extract from '4 ballets of Brigitte Bardot'.
The Disappearing Doves Film, 1956
16mm, Diamond Film Productions. 100 feet, 2 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Alex Mckeown and Chinese Magician Magic Act. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
The Golf Nut, Law of the Jungle, The Channel Swimmer and Safety Last Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Grasso. 350 feet. Mack Sennett. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Billy Bevan in 'The Golf Nut'. Eddie Quinlan in 'The Channel Swimmer'. Harold Lloyd in 'Safety Last'. Also features animal scenes including; lions, and snake versus mongoose in 'Law of the Jungle'.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. Black and white, silent.
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’.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from 9.5mm silent film. Also includes; Sanger memorial at St John Cemetery, Margate. Lord George Sanger’s Circus. James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960
9.5mm, Pathescope. 350 feet. 2 Reels. Black and white, silent. Commercial film.
The Lion Tamer Part Two Film, c1945 - 1960
9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet. Black and white, silent.
The Misfit, Hopalong Cassidy, Winchester 73, and Chimp the Fireman Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic tape. 275 Feet. Lou Anger Productions. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Chyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Bill Boyd as 'Hopalong Cassidy'. James Stewart and Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73'. Also features nude from Striphouse, and animal scenes from Chessington Zoo, including leopards and lion cub.
The Perfect Clown, Picking Peaches, Big Pictures and Balloonatics Film, c1942 - 1965
8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Larry Semon in 'The Perfect Clown'. Harry Langdon in 'Picking Peaches'. Will Rogers in 'Big Picture'. Buster Keaton in 'Balloonatics'. Also features a scene with Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
The Range Busters, Chimpanzees’ Tea Party, The Forbidden Jungle, and Three Little Bruins Great Adventure Film, c1942 - 1949
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 400 feet. Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Also features documentaries showing chimpanzees and bears, as well as Rounds 3 and 6 of the World Feather Weight Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki.
The Rotor Film, c1945 - 1990
16mm, Peak Gem. 100 feet, 4 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Possibly filmed at Battersea Fun Fair. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
The Stuntman and Shooting Wild Film, c1942 - 1965
8mm, Photax. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Also features Women Wrestlers; Reta Martenez versus Maria Gernardi from Hollywood, U.S.A. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
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