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:
Big Bob Fossett Circus Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Silent, in Colour. Featuring Saucy the Elephant, Ringmaster Ken Macmanus, or Clara Macmanus. Donated by Len "Spider" Dustin. Filmed at Skegness. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Big Top Olympia Bertram Mills Circus Film, 1957
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Peak Films. Black and White, with Sound. Commercial film showing Victor Julian’s dogs and monkeys, the flying acrobats trampolin, equestrian display with 16 horses, The Six Raspinis, ladder act, old friends clowns, Rodin and sea lions, The Cimb… horseship, water carnival clowns, and elephant ballet.
Big Top Olympia Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Includes J.S. Friese, Bertram Mills, Elephant Ballet, and the original title of a feature film called HOOP-LA. Notes feature the Lion Tamer Cast. Peak Films.
Big Top Olympia Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 feet. Includes J.S. Friese, Bertram Mills, Elephant Ballet, and the original title of a feature film called HOOP-LA. Peak Films.
Billy Smart's Circus, Indian Circus, and Australian Circus Film, c1907 - 2001
8mm, Kodak. 50 feet. Silent, in Colour. All recorded from the Television. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Black Duck, The Vagabond, The Sawmill, Only the Valiant, His Naughty Thought, Dollars and Sense, Bears and Bad Men, and Leave ‘Em Laughing Film, 1910 - 1920
Bobby Robert's Super Circus at Nashleigh Hill, Chesham Film, 1995
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8. Amateur film, possibly by Noel Drewe. In Colour, Silent. Exterior scenes only. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Bootiful, Paws for Breath, Lion Escape Aid, and Circus Time Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Black and White, Silent. Includes extracts from Billy Bevan, and the Andy Clyde comedy ‘Circus Time’. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Born in the Saddle Film, 1929
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. Universal Pictures. 100 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Western starring Ted Wells. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Bronco Billy and the Maid, Chimp Chessington Zoo, Comic Cuts in Hot Water, Tom Mix and Girl, Tiger in Jungle, Wiggle your Ears, Monkey in Tree, Perils of Pauline, and Lupin o Lane and Wallace Lane Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Mixed shorts. Includes; 'Bronco Billy and the Maid' starring G.M. Anderson. 'Wiggle your Ears' starring Little Rascals, Our Gang. Lupin o Lane and Wallace Lane extract from 'Be my King'.
Bumps in the Night Film, c1907 - 2001
8mm. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film starring Harold Lloyd.
Burlesque on Carmen Film, 1922
8mm, 400 feet. Mutual Films. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from the commercial film, with nude scenes and adverts. Starring Ben Turpin, Edna Purviance and Leo White.
Carnival at the Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm. 11 minutes long. Black and White, with Sound. Includes USA Circus. Copied to DVD 2 and DIGI-BETA.
Carnival at the Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001
9.5mm. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. USA.
Carnival at The Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm. Black and White, with Sound.
Carnival, Circus at the Zoo Film, c1933 - 1953
16mm, Tuscan Product. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Features USA Circus. Sound date stock could indicate dates 1933 or 1953. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
Charlie Nursemaid, and Our Relations Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand in 'Charlies Nursemaid'. Laurel and Hardy in Double Trouble scene from 'Our Relations'. Also features cartoons; The Great Scape with Yogi Bear, Dino the Hero from The Flinstones. As well as scenes of birds, and female nudity.
Chicken Cooped Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. Comedy starring Flora Finch. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
Chimp the Cowboy, The Misfit, Girl in the Wood, From Hand to Mouth, Dick Turpin, She Devil, and Soup to Nuts Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 320 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Clyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Victor McGlagden in 'Dick Turpin'. Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard and Noah Young in 'From Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as Tarzan in 'She Devil'. Laurel and Hardy, Anita Garvin and Tiny Sandford in 'Soup to Nuts'. Also features girl in top hat, glamour girls, and animal scenes including deer and bear.
Chimps, Champs and Chumps Film, 1949
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Pathe Picette. 400 feet. Black and White, with Sound. Includes EuropeanCircus, possibly Bertram Mills. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
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- 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