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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:

Cockeyed Clowns, Tons of Trouble, and Circus Thrills Film, c1965 - 1979

 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: c1965 - 1979

Comic Cuts from the Past and The Pole Film, c1932 - 1965

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

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.198
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Scenes from several commercial films. Includes; Jeff Chandler in 'Roman Chariots', Charles Chaplin in 'The Waiter', Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'What a Picnic' (extract from Perfect Day), and Bud Abbot and Lou Costello in 'Meet the Keystone Cops'. Also includes scenes of animals, a glamour girl and a rodeo.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.249
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. George Harrison Marks. 350 feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Pearl White in 'Perils of Pauline'. Stan Laurel in 'Roughest Africa'. Ken Maynard in 'The Masked Phantom'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Al St. John in 'The Iron Mule'. Joe Boo and Pete in 'Dog Heaven'. Musical Maniacs, Misbehaving Husband. Also features comedy car, Ken Maynard with Girl and wild animals in South Africa,...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.264
Scope and Contents 8mm, Vitagraph Company of America. 2 Reels. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in 'A Dog’s Life'. Snub Pollard and Charlie Chase in 'Days of Thrills and Laughter'. Dave and Dusty in 'Broke Again'. Laurel and Hardy in 'Sugar Daddies'. Clyde Cook in 'Leave by the Front Door'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Dusty Miller and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Champion'and...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.285
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Walt Disney. 400 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard in 'Backstage'. Ken Maynard in 'The Phantom Rides the Range' and 'Tarzan'. Cinnamon the chimpanzee in 'Aping the Law'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'and Dumbo Makes the Big Top. Also features animal scenes with Wndell Coney and tiger, as well as Caroline Dell.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.199
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from various films. Includes; 'Fatty’s Magic Pants', Giraffe and Elephant, Mr Richie Buys a Piano from 'Piano Movers' starring Charles Chaplin and Mack Swain, Snub Polland extract from'It’s a Gift', 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' starring Erroll Flynn, glamour girls, Mint a Dunfree, scenes of Deer and a Cheetah and Ben Turpin the Daredevil.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 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'. Chimp at Chessington Zoo, comic cuts in hot water, Tom Mix and girl, tiger in a jungle, a monkey in a tree and teh perils of Pauline.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.202
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.6mm, Warner Brothers. Black and white, silent. Commercial film extracts inbcluding Good Old Corn, Chessington Zoo, Hopalong Cassidy, Lion, The Cake Maker, Joe Cobb and Pete, Stunt Riding from Calgary Cowboy Stampede, George Michael Lion, Leopard Springing, Western Scenes, Chippy Chumps, and Laurel and Hardy Busy Bodies. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.204
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Universal Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from a variety of films. Includes; 'Winchester 73' starring Shelley Winters and Dan Dureya. Clyde Cook extract from 'The Misfit'. Victor McGladen as Dick Turpin. Harold Lloyd extract from 'Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as 'Tarzan'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy extract from 'Soup to Nuts' with Anita Garvin. Rudolph Valentino extract from 'Society Sensation'. Shorty the Chip extract from...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1950 - 1959

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.205
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Jack Schwarz Productions. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts. Includes; 'The Forbidden Jungle' starring Linda Dawson. Kangaroos, Wallabies, Hippos, Zebras and Elephants. Chimpanzees from 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Frank Jessop presents 'African exploits'. Rounds 2, 4 and 7 from the World Featherweight Boxing Championship match between Howard Winstone and Mit Suri Seki. Bicycle Horse. 'Roaming Vandals'...
Dates: c1950 - 1959

Compilation of Various Films, c1940 - 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.235
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. Black and white, silent. 350 Feet. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in Right Dress scene from 'With Love and Hisses'. Tom Mix in 'Vigilantes Vengeance'. The feature film 'Nude Exercising'. Snooky the Monkey extract from 'Just in Time'. Errol Flynn in 'They Died with their Boots On'.Three Little Bruins and Animal Farm.

Dates: c1940 - 1949

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.237
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Ride' western. Billy Dooley in 'Full Speed Ahead'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan’s Savage Fury'. Tiny Sandford in 'Soup to Nuts'. Rudolph Valentino in 'Society Sensation'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace'. 1001 Night and Country Girl. Also features glamour girls, jousting, animals, and nudity.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1945

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.239
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Mack Sennett. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'A Harem Knight'. Larry Semon in 'Dunces and Danger'. Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73' Charles Chaplin in 'The Vagabond'. Also features Country Girl, Love Loot and Crash, Whispering Lions and glamour girls.

Dates: c1932 - 1945

Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.247
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 350 feet. Vitagraph Company of America. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Putting Pants on Phillip'. Bathing Beauties, Shooting Wild, Palace of Turkish Delights and Monty’s Hair Raising Train Rescue. Also features glamour extracts.

Dates: 1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.251
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from cartoons and commercial films. Includes; Bucky and Petito in 'The Wandering Elephant'. Lupino Lane in 'Eastern Antics'. Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Rider'. The Lion Tamer, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 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', Black Duck and Dollars and Sense. Extract from 'Leave Em...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.256
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 400 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin at the races in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice' (first appearance as The Tramp character). Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'Fighting Rangers' and Crab, The Range Busters and Joey Knows a Villain. Also features Howard Winstone versus Mitsuri Seki boxing scenes of the World...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.257
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Dixons. 300 Feet. Lone Star Corporation. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in 'The Vagabond' and 'The Pawnshop'. Harold Lloyd in 'Harold Runs Amok'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Splash extract from 'Sailor Beware', Dizzy Decorators and Ship Ahoy extract from 'Saps at Sea'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Rusty King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Also features...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 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', Days of Thrills and Laughter, Three Little Bruins Make...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

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