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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

A Chapter of Accidents, and Acrobatic Antics Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 10: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.78
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, Actina. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. USA. 2 Films of 200ft in length. 'A Chapter of Accidents' features 'The Three Disgraces'. 'Acrobatic Antics' features James and George, The Hallroom Boys. Noel Drewe states on box: "Very popular twosome on 9.5mm…I don't know of their work on any other". Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Bang Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.14
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterday Circus Today. 9.5mm. 300 feet. Silent. Includes Jimmy Adams. Label reads “First 9.5mm my father bought me”. Buckingham Film and Video Services.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Bathing Beauties, Shooting Wild, Putting Pants on Phillip, Palace of Turkish Delights, and Monty’s Hair Raising Train Rescue Film, 1910 - 1919

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.247
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 350 feet. Vitagraph Company of America. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Putting Pants on Phillip'. Also features glamour extracts.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

Below Zero, Clash by Night, Cops, and The Bank Film, 1930 - 1939

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.248
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Tiny Sandford in Bill of Fare extract from 'Below Zero'. Robert Ryan and Barbara Standwych in 'Clash by Night'. Buster Keaton in 'Cops'. Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in 'The Bank'. Also featrues dog, parrots, tortoise and duck, nude scenes, and glamour scenes on the beach.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

Chicken Cooped Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.69
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Circus Spell Binders, and Three Comedy Shorts Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.91
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Grasso. Castle Films. Black and White, Silent. Possible soundtrack. Label on the side of the box reads 'Mixture..'. Possible compilation that includes Circus Spell Binders. However, it is on a 'std 8mm' label and may have been left on buy mistake. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Cockeyed Clowns, Tons of Trouble, and Circus Thrills Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 13: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.108
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Auto Reel. 'Cockeyed Clowns' is a Silent comedy, starring Ben Turpin. 'Tons of Trouble' has Sound. 'Circus Thrills' has Sound.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Days of Thrills and Laughter, A Night at the Show, Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, What Price Taxi, Three Little Bruins Make Michief, and Hopping Mad Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.261
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Robert Youngson Productions. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in pies and hosepipes extract from 'A Night at the Show'. Lupino Lane as the studio dummy in 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Clyde Cook, Franklyn Pangborn, Geneva Mitchell and Billy Gilbert in 'What Price Taxi'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Hopping Mad'. Also features Scottish pipe band and African animal...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

Dog and Dynamite Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.296
Scope and Contents

8mm. Silent, in Colour. Commercial film. A very rare Russian clown comedy with origial routine.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

From Soup to Nuts, The Indians are Coming, Pals in Buckskin, Winchester 73, Society Sensation, Whispering Lions, and Coney Island Film, 1930

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.318
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 350 feet. Universal Pictures. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy, Anita Garvin and Tiny Sandford in 'From Soup to Nuts'. Steve McNally and John McIntyre in 'Winchester 73'. Rudolph Valentino in 'Society Sensation'. James Parrott in 'Whispering Lions'. Buster Keaton, Fatty Artbuckle and Al St. John in 'Coney Island'. Also features young girl with knights and horses, and Lex Barker with a...
Dates: 1930

Honest Horace, and Doctor Haribreath Harry Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.320
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 175 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films starring The Chuckleheads. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

King of the Jungle, The Count, No Flies on Us, Flying Deuces, and Tit for Tat Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.212
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Adverts and nude lady. Opening title from 'King of the Jungle' starring Buster Crabbe. Sir Charles Chaplin at the ball with Edna Purviance in 'The Count'. Opening title from 'No Flies on Us'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Reginal Gardiner in 'Flying Deuces'. Horse races. Charley Hall in extract from 'Tit for Tat' also starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Supplied by...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

One A.M. Film, 1916

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.191
Scope and Contents

8mm, Lone Star Corporation. 200 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film, starring Charles Chaplin. Opening scene includes Albert Dustin as a cab driver. The reminder of the film features Chaplin doing a solo comedy routine.

Dates: 1916

Snow White and the Three Stooges, The Glass Mountain, and Wandering Willies Film, 1960 - 1969

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.319
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1960 - 1969

Some Bird! Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.13
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterday Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Includes Glen Tyron.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Sugar Daddies, Hot Dogs, The Indians are Coming, Misbehaving Husbands, and Double Whoopee Film, 1920 - 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.283
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: 1920 - 1929

The Blacksmith, The Bare Truth, His Royal Slyness, The Dance, Hill Billy Hotel, Make Mine Roman Style, Three Stooges Go West, and Walter’s Paying Policy Film, c1920 - 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.215
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Posso. First National Pictures, 350 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. iNCLUDES; Buster Keaton in 'The Blacksmith' and 'Hill Billy Hotel'. Sophie Dawn in 'The Bare Truth'. Harold Lloyd in 'His Royal Slyness'. George O’Brien in 'Three Stooges Go West'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'.

Dates: c1920 - 1929

The Cure, Bargain Day, Forbidden Jungle, The Rink, Shooting Wild, and Whispering Whiskers Film, 1910 - 1919

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.216
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin and Eric Campbell in 'The Cure'. Charles Chaplin chasing Eugene Pallette in 'Bargain Day'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Rink'. Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Kewpie Morgan and Madeleine Hurlock in 'Whispering Whiskers' directed by Mack Sennetts. Contains female nudity, potentially Pat Davies. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

The Perfect Clown, Picking Peaches, Big Pictures, and Balloonatics Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.280
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Trouble at the Forge, Paws for Breath, and Acrobatic Antics Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.68
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Black and White, Silent. Trouble at the Forge, a Jimmy Adams extract. Paws for Breath, a Billy Bevan extract. Acrobatic Antics, a Hallroom Boys Comedy. Copied to DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001