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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 Scene Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.116
Scope and Contents

Super8. Filmed from the television, possibly featuring a Welsh Circus.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Circus Slickers Film, 1939

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 8: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.57
Scope and Contents

16mm, Kodak Movie Reel. 325 feet, 9 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes extract from 'You Can't Cheat an Honest Man' starring W.C. Fields. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: 1939

Circus Slickers Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.87
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Universal 8 Films. 9 minutes long. Black and white, silent, subtitled edition. Printed lable reads, "From 'You Can't Cheat an Honest Man'." Includes W. C. Fields.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Circus Sliker Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.184
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Universal Pictures. 300 feet. Black and white, with sound. Home movie release of 'You Can’t Cheat and Honest Man', starring W.C. Fields.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Circus Spell Binders and Rings Around the World Films, c1965 - 179

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.82
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. 300 feet, 20 minutes long. Includes Bertram Mills Circus. Silent. Sound strip. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1965 - 179

Circus Spell Binders and Three Comedy Short Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.91
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Grasso. Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Possible soundtrack. Label on the side of the box reads 'Mixture..'. Possible compilation that includes Circus Spell Binders. However, it is on a 'std 8mm' label and may have been left on buy mistake. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Circus Spell Binders Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 5: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.34
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, Pathe. Castle Films, Produced by United World Films Inc. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Circus Spell Binders Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.62
Scope and Contents

16mm. 400 feet, 11 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes USA circus. Date stock could mean 1945 or 1965. Copied to DVD 1 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Circus Suckers and The Greatest Show On Earth Parts 1 and 2 Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.83
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. 350 feet, 23 minutes long. Includes W.C. Fields.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Circus Thrills Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.148
Scope and Contents

8mm, Castle Films. Black and white, with Sound. Complete edition. Includes Great Acts of the Centre Ring. Contains the Castle Film catalogue. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Circus Thrills Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 3: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.19
Scope and Contents

16mm, Agfa. 4 minutes long. Black and White, Silent. Includes Bertram Mills Circus. Clapham Park Films Studios. Copied on DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

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

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

Circus World Film, c1965 - 1979

 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: c1965 - 1979

Circus World Film, c1965 - 1979

 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: c1965 - 1979

Circus World Part 1 Film, c1965 - 1979

 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: c1965 - 1979

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today Film, c1962 - 1993

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

VHS PAL.

Dates: c1962 - 1993

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 striptease nudity, along with extracts from other films such as Stan Laurel in 'Kill or Cure' and 'Charlie Dines Out'.

Dates: 1952

Clash by Night, Defective Detectives and The Pawn Shop Film, c1942 - 1965

 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: c1942 - 1965

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

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 342
Collection 1
 
Subject
Acrobats 7
Aerialists 9
Amusement rides 4
Animal trainers 8
Animals 103