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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on motion pictures themselves, including motion pictures as an art form, copyrighting, distribution, editing, plots, production, etc. NFCA: Use for cinema and bioscope

Found in 726 Collections and/or Records:

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.204
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Universal Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from a variety of films. Includes; 'Winchester 73' starring Shelley Winters and Dan Dureya. Clyde Cook extract from 'The Misfit'. Victor McGladen as Dick Turpin. Harold Lloyd extract from 'Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as 'Tarzan'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy extract from 'Soup to Nuts' with Anita Garvin. Rudolph Valentino extract from 'Society Sensation'. Shorty the Chip extract from...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 1933

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.208
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Dixons. 300 Feet, Paramount Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'King of the Jungle' starring Buster Crabbe. 'Wireless Lizzie' starring Walter Hiers. Lupino Lane in' Movieland Mixup', Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box and 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.

Dates: 1933

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.209
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films including western Scenes, Uncle’s Tea Party, Heather Rose, Haunted Gainsborough, Ken Maynard, Sell it, Lovenest on Wheels, Two Girls, A Fishy Caveman Story, A Stone Age Romance, and Flying Elephants starring Harrions Marks, Ken Maynard, Heather Rose, Buster Keaton, Walter Long, and Laurel and Hardy. Also includes 'Spell it' by Stuart Wynn Jones and an extract featuring Lupino Lane.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 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', The Dance, Make Mine Roman Style, George O’Brien in 'Three Stooges Go West' and Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1947 - 1960

 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; Forbidden Jungle, Shooting Wild, 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....
Dates: c1947 - 1960

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.217
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Keaton in 'Hill Billy Hotel'. Jane Paul in 'Perchance to Scream'. Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard in 'His Royal Slyness'. Sophie Dawn in 'The Bare Truth'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Laurel and Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'The Finishing Touch', George O’Brien and Three Stooges Go West and The Dance.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.219
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 380 feet, The L-KO Company. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films and TV programmes. Includes; Gale Henty in 'Movie Mad'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan's Hidden Jungle'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. World Feather Weight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. The Sun Bather and Charles Chaplin on the farm with Paddy McGuire in 'The Tramp'. Supplied by C....
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.224
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 380 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Crabbe and Lions in 'King of the Jugle'. Ford Sterling as the 'Jazz Band Leader'. Jack Palance as 'Atilla the Hun'. Extracts from 'Mongolian Riders'. Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard in 'Captain Kidd's Kids'. Abbot and Costello in 'Hollywood or Bust'. Animal scenes including poodle dogs, Wendell Corey and...
Dates: 1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.230
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Theda Bara in 'Unchased Woman'. Joe Cobb and Pete from 'Dog Heaven'. John Wayne in 'Stagecoach'. Stan Laurel and James Finlayson in 'In Roughest Africa'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Lupino and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King'. Man and girl on horse from 'The Perils of Pauline'. Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'.Zoo Gems, Unchased Woman, Misbehaving Husbands. Also features...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.232
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, First National Pictures. 300 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in 'A Dog’s Life'. Juanita Hansen in 'The Jungle Princess'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Jane Paul in 'Perchance to Scream'. George O’Brien and The Three Stooges, The Blacksmith and The Dance.

Dates: 1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1940 - 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.235
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. Black and white, silent. 350 Feet. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in Right Dress scene from 'With Love and Hisses'. Tom Mix in 'Vigilantes Vengeance'. The feature film 'Nude Exercising'. Snooky the Monkey extract from 'Just in Time'. Errol Flynn in 'They Died with their Boots On'.Three Little Bruins and Animal Farm.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.237
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Ride' western. Billy Dooley in 'Full Speed Ahead'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan’s Savage Fury'. Tiny Sandford in 'Soup to Nuts'. Rudolph Valentino in 'Society Sensation'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace'. 1001 Night and Country Girl. Also features glamour girls, jousting, animals, and nudity.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1945

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.239
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Mack Sennett. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'A Harem Knight'. Larry Semon in 'Dunces and Danger'. Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73' Charles Chaplin in 'The Vagabond'. Also features Country Girl, Love Loot and Crash, Whispering Lions and glamour girls.

Dates: c1932 - 1945

Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965

 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'. Bathing Beauties, Shooting Wild, Palace of Turkish Delights and Monty’s Hair Raising Train Rescue. Also features glamour extracts.

Dates: 1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.251
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from cartoons and commercial films. Includes; Bucky and Petito in 'The Wandering Elephant'. Lupino Lane in 'Eastern Antics'. Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Rider'. The Lion Tamer, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.254
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Emitape. Silent, in colour. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell in 'The Vagabond'. Larry Semon, Oliver hardy and Kayla Pasha in 'The Sawmill'. Gregory Peck in 'Only the Valiant'. Mack Swain in 'His Naughty Thought'. Stan Laurel and James Finlayson in 'Bears and Bad Men'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'The Highway', Black Duck and Dollars and Sense. Extract from 'Leave Em...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.256
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 400 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin at the races in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice' (first appearance as The Tramp character). Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'Fighting Rangers' and Crab, The Range Busters and Joey Knows a Villain. Also features Howard Winstone versus Mitsuri Seki boxing scenes of the World...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.257
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Dixons. 300 Feet. Lone Star Corporation. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in 'The Vagabond' and 'The Pawnshop'. Harold Lloyd in 'Harold Runs Amok'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Splash extract from 'Sailor Beware', Dizzy Decorators and Ship Ahoy extract from 'Saps at Sea'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Rusty King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Also features...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 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', Days of Thrills and Laughter, Three Little Bruins Make...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 28: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.271
Scope and Contents 8mm, Castle Films. 400 feet. 3 Reels. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel in 'Kill or Cure'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Noah Young in 'The Mad Buttler'. Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman and Eric Campbell in 'The Pawnshop'. Mack Swain, Mabel Normand and Chester Conklin in 'Love, Speed and Thrills'. Buster Crabe in 'King of the Jungle'. Neal Heart in 'The Tell Tale Bullet'. Ben Turpin in...
Dates: c1942 - 1965