2 Reels of Film, c1907 - 2001

Item — Box: Noel Drewe Box 24

Reference code: 178D5.229

Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Reel 1: 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Julie Jordan in 'Dizzy Decorators'. Noah Young, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Findlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Buster Keaton as 'The Blacksmith'. Harrison Marks in 'Place of Turkish Delights'. Also features animal footage, icluding lions.

Reel 2: 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Jane Paul in 'Perchance to Scream'. Buster Keaton as 'The Pale Face'. Harold Lloyd in 'His Royal Slyness'. George O’Brian in 'Three Stooges Go West'. Walter Foede in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Buster Keaton in 'The Blacksmith'. Also features animals, including wild fowl and sea lions, from Slimbridge Park in Sussex, and London Zoo, filmed by RE Charman.

Dates

Creation: c1907 - 2001

Creator

Drewe, Noel, Active 1927 - 1995 (Circus Enthusiast) (Person)

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