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:
Sugar Daddies, The Jungle Princess, Buzzing Around, and The Adventurer Film, 1920 - 1927
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 350 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Noah Young, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Juanita Hansen in 'The Jungle Princess'. Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John in 'Buzzing Around'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Adventurer'. Also features animal scenes with lioness, tiger, and collie dogs.
Take the Air Film, c1945 - 1950
9.5mm. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Paul Perrot.
Taxi Dolls, and Criminals at Large Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 320 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Criminals at Large'. Also features chimp comedy, western scenes and Shirley Temple.
The Big Circus, and Mary Chipperfield's Circus Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Plio Magic. In Colour, possibly with Sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.
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
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'.
The Chemist, Nose for News, and Arabian Nights Film, 1930 - 1939
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Eumio. 350 feet. Educational Films Corporation of America. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. includes; Buster Keaton in 'The Chemist'. Joe Cook in 'Nose for News'. Also features women wrestlers, animal scenes of camels and birds, and an extract from '4 ballets of Brigitte Bardot'.
The Cure, Bargain Day, Forbidden Jungle, The Rink, Shooting Wild, and Whispering Whiskers Film, 1910 - 1919
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.
The Disappearing Doves Film, 1956
16mm, Diamond Film Productions. 100 feet, 2 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Alex Mckeown and Chinese Magician Magic Act. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
The Feast of Ishitar, Hold that Tiger, Fearless Antics, The Flame Smashers, Misbehaving Husbands, Mickey’s Menagerie, and Be My King Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 300 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Mickey Rooney as Mickey McGuire in 'Mickey’s Menagerie'. Fanfare trumpeters from 'The Feast of Ishitar'. Lupino Lane and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King'. Also features Ken Maynard, and sea lions at Chessington Zoo.
The Golf Nut, Law of the Jungle, The Channel Swimmer, and Safety Last Film, 1920 - 1929
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Grasso. 350 feet. Mack Sennett. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Billy Bevan in 'The Golf Nut'. Eddie Quinlan in 'The Channel Swimmer'. Harold Lloyd in 'Safety Last'. Also features animal scenes including; lions, and snake versus mongoose in 'Law of the Jungle'.
The Iron Mule, Be My King, Winchester 73, The Golf Nut, Stagecoach, Honest Horace, The Stuntman, Misbehaving Husbands, and Hit or Miss Film, c1907 - 2001
The Jazz Band Leader, Atilla the Hun, King of the Jungle, Captain Kidd's Kids, and Hollywood or Bust Film, 1910 - 1919
The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. Black and white, silent.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from the 9.5mm Silent film. Also contains the Sanger memorial at St John Cemetery Margate, Lord George Sanger’s Circus, and James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from 9.5mm silent film. Also includes; Sanger memorial at St JohnCemetery, Margate. Lord George Sanger’s Circus. James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.
The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001
9.5mm, Pathescope. 350 feet. 2 Reels. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film.
The Lion Tamer Part Two Film, c1907 - 2001
9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet. Black and White, Silent.
The Lion Tamer, The Wandering Elephant, Eastern Antics, Phantom Rider, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet Film, c1907 - 2001
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'. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.
The Misfit, Hopalong Cassidy, Winchester 73, and Chimp the Fireman Film, c1920 - 1929
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic tape. 275 Feet. Lou Anger Productions. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Chyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Bill Boyd as 'Hopalong Cassidy'. James Stewart and Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73'. Also features nude from Striphouse, and animal scenes from Chessington Zoo, including leopards and lion cub.
The Perfect Clown, Picking Peaches, Big Pictures, and Balloonatics Film, c1907 - 2001
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.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 342
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 5
- Aerialists 8
- Amusement rides 3
- Animal trainers 6
- Animals 87
- Boxing 8
- Caricatures and cartoons 3
- Circus 205
- Circus workers 1
- Clowning 5
- Comedians 28
- Fairground art 1
- Fairs 21
- Magic 5
- Motion pictures 114
- Music 3
- Performers 26
- Puppets 1
- Showman 1
- Striptease 7
- Stunt performers 5
- Transport 5
- Wild west 5
- World's fairs and expositions 1
- Wrestling 1
- Zoos 18 + ∧ less