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:
Days of Thrills and Laughter, Our Gang, The Championship, Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, The Fireman, Three Little Bruins Make Michief, The Range Busters, and The Last Hold Up Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin and Albert Austin in Charlie Rings the Bell extract from 'The Fireman'. Ben Turpin and Came the wonder dog from Robert Young Erson’s 'Days of Thrills and Laughter'.
Destry and the Vigilantes, Hi Diddle Fiddle, and Just in Time Film, c1907 - 2001
8mm. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'. Snooky the Monkey in 'Just in Time'. Tom Mix in 'Destry and the Vigilantes'. Also features Indian elephants from safari 1964, and rodeo scenes.
Dizzy Dames Film, c1907 - 2001
8mm, Kodak. Peak Films. Black and White, Silent. Feature Film starring Marjorie Rambeau. Copied to DIGI-BETA.
Do Detectives Think (The Bodyguard) Film, 1927
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Hal Roach Studios. Black and White, Silent. Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Noah Young.
Dog and Dynamite Film, c1907 - 2001
8mm. Silent, in Colour. Commercial film. A very rare Russian clown comedy with origial routine.
Dumbo Makes the Big Top, Backstage, The Phantom Rides the Range, Aping the Law, The Stuntman, and Tarzan Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Walt Disney. 400 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard in 'Backstage'. Ken Maynard in 'The Phantom Rides the Range' and 'Tarzan'. Cinnamon the chimpanzee in 'Aping the Law'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Also features animal scenes with Wndell Coney and tiger, as well as Caroline Dell.
Duo Sidelnikov Film, c1907 - 2001
VHS PAL.
Early silent films Film, 1930
8mm. Black and White, Silent. Commercial films. Supplied by C.W. Cramp.
Easy Street, Safety Last, and Scenes from the London Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 275 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; animal scenes and wild birds from Slimbridge Sussex. Dog and cat from India. Indian scenes. Ballet dancers and female nudity from the USA. Polar bears and brown bears from the London Zoo. 'Easy Street' starring Charlie Chaplin and Eric Campbell. 'Safety Last' starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.
Easy Street, Trailing Double Trouble, and Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle Film, 1910 - 1919
Elephant Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 Feet. Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation. In Colour, with Sound. Commercial film.
Elephants Elbows Film, 1938
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G. B. Ferrosonic Tape. Silent, Colour-tinted. Note on case reads "A juvenile 2 reel comedy from the Kodascope Library".
Fair Fun Number Four Film, c1907 - 2001
9.5mm. Silent. Includes D. Wallace, Heaton. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Fancy Dress, Nude Glamour, Ben Turpin Stuntman, Wild Horses, The Iron Mule, Hones Horace, One Wild Ride, and Johnnies Wooing Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial movies and other scenes. Includes; nudes, young ladies and cowboys. 'The Iron Mule' starring Al St John. Billy Beavan as 'Honest Horace'. Johnny Arthur in 'Johnnie’s Wooing'. Our Gang extract from 'One Wild Ride'. Supplied by Perry’s Movies Ltd.
Films, c1907 - 2001
Films, on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus, but also including Transport, Fairs, Rides, and Travelling Entertainment.
Fireman Save my Child, Vampire Circus, and Circus Thrills Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Grasso. 200 feet, 10 minutes long. Black and White, with Sound. Includes Buddy Hackett, Hugh O’Brian and Adele Jergens.
Floor Show Film, c1907 - 2001
16mm, G.B. Equipment Ltd. With Sound. Copied to DVD 2 and DIGI-BETA.
Follow the Leader Film, 1938
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Black and White, Silent. An aminal comedy from the Kodascope library. Note on box reads "Caught Snapping, It’s a Gift, Snub Pollard 400ft".
Forbidden Jungle, The Sunbather, The Jungle Kings, World Featherweight Boxing Championship, and Roaming Vandals Film, c1950 - 1959
French Bridge, Toto the Acrobat, The Disappearing Doves, and Living Dangerously Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm. Black and White, Silent. 'Toto..' is an animated short. Includes Alex McKeon and Al Meekoo.
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