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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:

Big Bob Fossett Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.150
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Silent, in Colour. Featuring Saucy the Elephant, Ringmaster Ken Macmanus, or Clara Macmanus. Donated by Len "Spider" Dustin. Filmed at Skegness. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Big Top Olympia Bertram Mills Circus Film, 1957

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.279
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Peak Films. Black and White, with Sound. Commercial film showing Victor Julian’s dogs and monkeys, the flying acrobats trampolin, equestrian display with 16 horses, The Six Raspinis, ladder act, old friends clowns, Rodin and sea lions, The Cimb… horseship, water carnival clowns, and elephant ballet.

Dates: 1957

Big Top Olympia Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.18
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Includes J.S. Friese, Bertram Mills Circus, elephant ballet and the original title of a feature film called HOOP-LA. Notes feature the lion tamer cast. Peak Films.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Big Top Olympia Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 7: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.50
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 feet. Includes J.S. Friese, Bertram Mills Circus, elephant ballet and the original title of a feature film called HOOP-LA. Peak Films.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Billy Smart's Circus, Indian Circus, and Australian Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.156
Scope and Contents

8mm, Kodak. 50 feet. Silent, in Colour. All recorded from the Television. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Black Duck, The Vagabond, The Sawmill, Only the Valiant, His Naughty Thought, Dollars and Sense, Bears and Bad Men, and Leave ‘Em Laughing Film, 1910 - 1920

 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'. Extract from 'Leave Em Laughing'. Also features animal scenes...
Dates: 1910 - 1920

Bobby Robert's Super Circus at Nashleigh Hill, Chesham Film, 1995

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.93
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8. Amateur film, possibly by Noel Drewe. In Colour, silent. Exterior scenes only. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: 1995

Bootiful, Paws for Breath, Lion Escape Aid and Circus Time Films, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 5: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.30
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Black and white, silent. Includes extracts from Billy Bevan and the Andy Clyde comedy ‘Circus Time’. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Born in the Saddle Film, 1929

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.189
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. Universal Pictures. 100 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Western starring Ted Wells. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: 1929

Bronco Billy and the Maid, Chimp Chessington Zoo, Comic Cuts in Hot Water, Tom Mix and Girl, Tiger in Jungle, Wiggle your Ears, Monkey in Tree, Perils of Pauline, and Lupin o Lane and Wallace Lane Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.201
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Mixed shorts. Includes; 'Bronco Billy and the Maid' starring G.M. Anderson. 'Wiggle your Ears' starring Little Rascals, Our Gang. Lupin o Lane and Wallace Lane extract from 'Be my King'.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Bumps in the Night Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.192
Scope and Contents

8mm. Black and White, Silent. Commercial film starring Harold Lloyd.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Burlesque on Carmen Film, 1922

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.182
Scope and Contents

8mm, 400 feet. Mutual Films. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from the commercial film, with nude scenes and adverts. Starring Ben Turpin, Edna Purviance and Leo White.

Dates: 1922

Carnival at the Zoo Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 4: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.26
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm. 11 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes USA Circus. Copied to DVD 2 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Carnival at the Zoo Film, c1954 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 10: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.72
Scope and Contents

9.5mm. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. USA.

Dates: c1954 - 1960

Carnival at The Zoo Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 28: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.267
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm. Black and White, with Sound.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Carnival, Circus at the Zoo Film, c1933 - 1953

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 7: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.52
Scope and Contents

16mm, Tuscan Product. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Features USA circus. Sound date stock could indicate dates 1933 or 1953. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1933 - 1953

Charlie Nursemaid, and Our Relations Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 28: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.270
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand in 'Charlies Nursemaid'. Laurel and Hardy in Double Trouble scene from 'Our Relations'. Also features cartoons; The Great Scape with Yogi Bear, Dino the Hero from The Flinstones. As well as scenes of birds, and female nudity.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Chicken Cooped Film, c1945 - 1960

 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: c1945 - 1960

Chimp the Cowboy, The Misfit, Girl in the Wood, From Hand to Mouth, Dick Turpin, She Devil, and Soup to Nuts Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.307
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 320 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Clyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Victor McGlagden in 'Dick Turpin'. Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard and Noah Young in 'From Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as Tarzan in 'She Devil'. Laurel and Hardy, Anita Garvin and Tiny Sandford in 'Soup to Nuts'. Also features girl in top hat, glamour girls, and animal scenes including deer and bear.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

Chimps, Champs and Chumps Film, 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.65
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Pathe Picette. 400 feet. Black and white with sound. Includes European circus, possibly Bertram Mills. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: 1949

Additional filters:

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