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

 Person

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:

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

King of the Jungle, The Tell-Tale Bullet, Mayhem in the Harem, Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Kill or Cure, The Mad Buttler, Do Detectives Think?, The Bodyguard, The Pawnshop, Arabian Nights, Sabu, Nose for News, Cavemen, and Love, Speed and Thrills Film, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

King of the Jungle, Wireless Lizzie, Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box, and The Pianola Film, 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'. 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.

Dates: 1933

Knight of the Trail, Hot Dogs, and Cops Film, 1910 - 1919

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.316
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic. 1200 feet. New York Motion Picture. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in 'Hot Dogs'. Buster Keaton in 'Cops'. Also features wild animals of South Africa, lambs and horses.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

K.O. Capers, Honest Horace, and Hotel Hysteria Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.260
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 350 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Snub Pollard in 'K.O. Capers'. The Fire Rides, Royal Marines motor cycle display team. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Leading Lizzie Astray, Shooting Wild, The Adventurer, Three Bruins Go Camping, and Painting the Town Film, 1914 - 1919

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.244
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 300 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Fatty Artbuckle in 'Leading Lizzie Astray'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Adventurer'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Painting the Town'. Also features nude scenes from striphouse.

Dates: 1914 - 1919

Limelight No.2 Film, 1963

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 7: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.47
Scope and Contents

16mm. Black and White, with Sound. Includes Jayne Mansfield at home - "Dream Home", Louis Prima in the recording studio - "Just For the Record", and nightclubs in Hollywood - "Millionaire Club".

Dates: 1963

Lion, The Finishing Touch, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.233
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in The Builders scene from 'The Finishing Touch'. John Wayne in 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon' western. Also features nude scenes. As well as animal scenes including seals, sea lions and penguins.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Llamas Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.293
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, British Instructional Film. 100 feet. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Mack Sennett’s Lion, Circus Boy, Circus Today, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.125
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films starring Laurel and Hardy and Jerry Madden.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Mack Sennett's Lion, Cops Ahoy (Keystone Cops), Animals Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.124
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Plio Magic. Many extracts from films featuring the Moscow State Circus, featuring Amazing Lion Act, and Giant Trampoline Act. Includes scenes from the films 'Jealousy in the Circus', 'The Lion Tamer', and 'It’s in the Balance'.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Mad World of Mack Sennett, Chip the Fireman, Hopalong Cassidy, and Lion and Bear at Chessington Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.197
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In Colour, with Sound. Amateur film, supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Man and Beast Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 19: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.178
Scope and Contents

16mm, Cecolite. 400 feet, 10 minutes long. In Colour, with Sound. Russian Circus Animal Trainers.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Man Eater at Large Film, 1926

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.188
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Mack Sennett. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film, starring Billy Beavan and Andy Clyde.

Dates: 1926

Meet Captain Kidd, Doctor Hairbreadth Harry, The Chuckleheads, Wild Animals of South Africa, Bathing Beauties, and She Strips Film, 1945

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.214
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, MGM. 350 Feet. Features both Colour and Black and White footage, with Sound. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Opening title and scenes from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'. Julie Jordan in 'She Strips'. Hippopotamus from South Africa.

Dates: 1945

Mickey's Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.152
Scope and Contents

8mm. Silent, in Colour. Walt Disney Mickey Mouse cartoon.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Miracle of the White Stallions Film, 1963

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.240
Scope and Contents

8mm, Plio-Magic. Disney. Silent, in Colour. Disney Home Movie version titled 'The Proud Horses of Austria'.

Dates: 1963

Monkeyland Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 1: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.2
Scope and Contents

9.5mm.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Monty Goes to Ningwood Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 19: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.176
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 300 feet. In Colour, with Sound. RSPCA Promotion Film about horse going to an old horses home. Supplied by C.W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Moscow Circus Film, 1974

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.88
Scope and Contents

Super8, British Movietone News 1974. Distributed by Powell Films.

Dates: 1974

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 342
Collection 1
 
Subject
Acrobats 5
Aerialists 8
Amusement rides 3
Animal trainers 6
Animals 87