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:
Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Black and white, silent. Includes Circus Today, Lion Water Ski Rid, Chimps Boxing, Its in the Balance, Moscow State Circus, and Peak and extracts from the Laurel & Hardy feature film ‘Circus Today’. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Scotch. Eugene Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Film extracts including Circus Thrills, Indian Elephant, Godiva Rides Again, High Wire Act, Motor Cycle Team, Chariot Racing, and Whispering Lions Whiskers and featuring Bertram Mills and James Parrott.
Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Includes 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman and Nero's Gladiators, Chessington Zoo Animals, Chimp Antics, and It's the Circus, which features Bertram Mills.
Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 250 feet. Silent, in colour. Includes Pompei Circus, Spanish Lipizzi and Horses, Circus Acts, Monkey-Go Round and Circus Boy. Pompei Circus features Roman chariot racing. Circus Boy starring Jerry Madden. Includes Emily Jannings.
Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Amateur footage possibly filmed by Noel Drewe including Sanger’s Memorial is at St John's cemetery, Margate. Sanger’s Sensational Bullfight at the Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead. Dave and Dusty at Lord Sanger's Circus is an extract from 'Broke Again'. Note on can reads "Pony in a field, Warner's End".
Various Circus Films, 1976 - 1990
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe. Robert Brother's Posters filmed at Leighton Buzzard. Robert Brother's Circus, filmed at Kings Lynn, 1976. Hungarian State Circus, filmed at Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, 1989, and B.P. Site, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, 1990.
Video Four Film, c1962 - 1993
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Includes; Tweeties Circus, hippo rodeo, monkeyland, a chapter of accidents, acrobatic antics, some birds, and Circus Time.
Weights Circus Film, 1994
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Kodak. 50 feet. Silent, in colour. Featuring Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead.
West Midlands Safari Park Film, c1945 - 1990
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Celolite 400, Cinematograph Engineering Ltd., London. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Colour with sound. Leader also titled 'Stop, Look & Listen'.
When Comedy was King, Keystone, Clash by Night, Tit for Tat, Cops, and Midnight Mischief Film, c1932 - 1965
Whispering Lions Film, c1932 - 1965
8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Whispering Lions Film, 1925
8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 175 Feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial film starring James Parrot and Jolyn Ralston.
Wife and Auto Trouble Film, c1951 - 1971
8mm, American Molded Products. 200 feet, 16 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Stock mark reads 1951 or 1971. Includes William Collier, early vintage comedy.
Winchester 73, Love Loot and Crash, Gunga Din and From Hand to Mouth Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 178 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stephen McNally, Shelley Winters and Dan Dure in 'Winchester 73'. Cary Grant in 'Gunga Din'. Harold Lloyd in 'From Hand to Mouth'. Also features Caroline Dell and Hedy Keiser adult scenes.
Wing, Claw and Fang Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathe, Kodascope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Silent. Includes USA Circus. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
With Love and Hisses, Cavemen, Double Whoopee and Let Em Rip Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 1050 feet. Silent, in colour. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'With Love and Hisses' and 'Let Em Rip'. Laurel and Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Cavemen'. Laurel and Hardy and Jean Harlow in 'Double Whoope'. Also features of animals from Flamingoland.
With Love and Hisses Film, 1927
8mm, Dixons. 380 Feet. Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Commercial film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
With Love and Hisses, The Redskins Attack, Stage Coach, Feast of Ishitar, Destry, and Dog Heaven Film, c1942 - 1965
World's 1st Movies Film, c1932 - 1965
8mm. 200 feet. Black and white, silent. Combination of early shorts from the 'Collectors Club' series.
Your Darn Tooting, Slips Don’t Count, Riding the Goat and Lizzies of the Field Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy in 'Your Darn Tooting'. Walter Hiers in 'Riding the Goat'. Billy Bevan and Sid Smith in Grab and Tackle extract from 'Lizzies of the Field'. 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