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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:

Circus Thrills, Indian Elephant, Godiva Rides Again, High Wire Act, Motor Cycle Team, Chariot Racing, and Whispering Lions Whiskers Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.133
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Scotch. Eugene Castle Films. Black and White, Silent. Film extarcts featuring Bertram Mills, and James Parrott.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circus Time Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 5: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.32
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, a Novascope Film Release. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Bertram Mills Circus, footage from ‘It’s the Circus’ parts 1 and 2, and ‘Circus Thrills’.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circus Time Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 6: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.39
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Cyldon. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Bertram Mills Circus, footage from ‘It’s the Circus’ parts 1 and 2 and ‘Circus Thrills’. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circus Today, Lion Water Ski Rid, Chimps Boxing, Its in the Balance, Moscow State Circus, and Peak Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.129
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Black and White, Silent. Includes extracts from the Laurel & Hardy feature film ‘Circus Today’. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circus World Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 12: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.101
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Eumig. 400 feet, 20 minutes long. In Colour, with Sound. Also known as The Magnificent Showman. Extracts only. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circus World Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 12: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.104
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8. 400 feet, 20 minutes long. In Colour, with Sound. Also known as The Magnificent Showman. Extracts only. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circus World part 1 Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 13: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.109
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8. Possibly the same as 'Circus World', or an extract from it. No titles or anything on the leader.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.326
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Clash by Night and London Zoo Film, 1952

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.196
Scope and Contents

8mm, RKO Pictures. Black and White, with some Colour scenes. Silent. Features extracts from 'Clash by Night' starring Robert Ryan, Barbara Stanwych, Marilyn Monroe and Paul Douglas. Also includes scenes from London Zoo, and female strip tease nudity, along with extracts from other films such as Stan Laurel in 'Kill or Cure' and 'Charlie Dines Out'.

Dates: 1952
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Clash by Night, Defective Detectives, and The Pawn Shop Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.273
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Barbara Stanwych and Robert Ryan in 'Clash by Night'. Harrison Marks in 'Defective Detectives'. Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell in 'The Pawn Shop'. Also features animal scenes from London Zoo, Indian Elephants and Hawiian girls.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Clown Cavalcade, Here's the Circus, Circus Thrills, and Fun at the Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.132
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Dupe print of all 4 films, possibly extracts. 'Clown Cavalcade' is a 50ft, Pathescope release. Includes London Olympia. 'Here's the Circus' features Bertram Mills by Movie Pak. 'Circus Thrills' features Bertram Mills by Peak/Walton. 'Fun at the Circus' features Bertram Mills by Movie Pak.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Clyde Beatty's Animal Thrills Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.63
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope, Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Contained in a 16mm can with 16mm collection. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Cockeyed Clowns, Tons of Trouble, and Circus Thrills Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 13: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.108
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Auto Reel. 'Cockeyed Clowns' is a Silent comedy, starring Ben Turpin. 'Tons of Trouble' has Sound. 'Circus Thrills' has Sound.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Comic Cuts From The Past and The Pole Film, c1949 - 1969

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 18: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.172
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Film stock date indicates either 1949 or 1969.

Dates: c1949 - 1969
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Crazy Emeus Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 10: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.74
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. Black and white, silent. Box notes read, "All the Thrills, Spills & Chariots, Clowns etc. All in one reel of pleasure". Ilkeston Line Centre.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Dainty by Daring, Gunga Din, and Winchester 73 Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.276
Scope and Contents

8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Cary Grant in Gunga Din. Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea in 'Whincester 73'. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello in airplane stun. Also features glamour girls.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Damsel in Distress Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.287
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Eumio. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Commercial film. Also includes; M.G.M. lion trailer, Tom Brown’s School Days, a tribute to Harrison Marks, and Rosa glamour girl. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Daring Horse Riders, Amazing Lion Act, Acrobats in Space,Daring Acts from the World, Poodles Motor Bike Ride, It’s the Circus, The Golf Nut, Little Boy Peeping at the Nude, and Goat and Little Boy Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.123
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Extracts from films. Includes Billy Bevan, Moscow State Circus, and Poodles Hanneford.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Days of Thrill and Laughter, and Monty Banks' Train Ride Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.314
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Days of Thrills and Laughter, A Night at the Show, Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, What Price Taxi, Three Little Bruins Make Michief, and Hopping Mad Film, c1907 - 2001

 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'. Also features Scottish pipe band and African animal...
Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Additional filters:

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