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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 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 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 Films, 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', Three Little Bruins Make Mischief, Calgary Stampede, The Music Box and 'The Pianola' starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall and Billy Gilbert.

Dates: 1933

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.209
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films including western Scenes, Uncle’s Tea Party, Heather Rose, Haunted Gainsborough, Ken Maynard, Sell it, Lovenest on Wheels, Two Girls, A Fishy Caveman Story, A Stone Age Romance, and Flying Elephants starring Harrions Marks, Ken Maynard, Heather Rose, Buster Keaton, Walter Long, and Laurel and Hardy. Also includes 'Spell it' by Stuart Wynn Jones and an extract featuring Lupino Lane.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.210
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charlie Rings the Bell from 'The Fireman' starring Charlie Chaplin. 'Cave Inn' starring Ralph Graves. Round 8 and finale of the World Featherweight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. 'Tarzan’s Hideout' starring Elmo Lincoln.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.213
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial movies and other scenes. Includes; Fancy Dress, nudes, young ladies and cowboys, Ben Turpin Stuntman, Wild Horses. 'The Iron Mule' starring Al St John. Billy Beavan as 'Honest Horace'. Johnny Arthur in 'Johnnie’s Wooing'. Our Gang extract from 'One Wild Ride'. Supplied by Perry’s Movies Ltd.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 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', Doctor Hairbreadth Harry, The Chuckleheads, Bathing Beauties, Julie Jordan in 'She Strips' and hippopotamus from South Africa.

Dates: 1945

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.215
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Posso. First National Pictures, 350 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Keaton in 'The Blacksmith' and 'Hill Billy Hotel'. Sophie Dawn in 'The Bare Truth'. Harold Lloyd in 'His Royal Slyness', The Dance, Make Mine Roman Style, George O’Brien in 'Three Stooges Go West' and Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1947 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.216
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 400 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Forbidden Jungle, Shooting Wild, Charles Chaplin and Eric Campbell in 'The Cure'. Charles Chaplin chasing Eugene Pallette in 'Bargain Day'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Rink'. Billy Bevan, Andy Clyde, Kewpie Morgan and Madeleine Hurlock in 'Whispering Whiskers' directed by Mack Sennetts. Contains female nudity, potentially Pat Davies. Supplied by C. W....
Dates: c1947 - 1960

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.217
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Keaton in 'Hill Billy Hotel'. Jane Paul in 'Perchance to Scream'. Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard in 'His Royal Slyness'. Sophie Dawn in 'The Bare Truth'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Laurel and Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'The Finishing Touch', George O’Brien and Three Stooges Go West and The Dance.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.219
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 380 feet, The L-KO Company. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films and TV programmes. Includes; Gale Henty in 'Movie Mad'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan's Hidden Jungle'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. World Feather Weight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. The Sun Bather and Charles Chaplin on the farm with Paddy McGuire in 'The Tramp'. Supplied by C....
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.224
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 380 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Buster Crabbe and Lions in 'King of the Jugle'. Ford Sterling as the 'Jazz Band Leader'. Jack Palance as 'Atilla the Hun'. Extracts from 'Mongolian Riders'. Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard in 'Captain Kidd's Kids'. Abbot and Costello in 'Hollywood or Bust'. Animal scenes including poodle dogs, Wendell Corey and...
Dates: 1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.230
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Theda Bara in 'Unchased Woman'. Joe Cobb and Pete from 'Dog Heaven'. John Wayne in 'Stagecoach'. Stan Laurel and James Finlayson in 'In Roughest Africa'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Lupino and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King'. Man and girl on horse from 'The Perils of Pauline'. Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'.Zoo Gems, Unchased Woman, Misbehaving Husbands. Also features...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, 1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.232
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, First National Pictures. 300 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin in 'A Dog’s Life'. Juanita Hansen in 'The Jungle Princess'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Jane Paul in 'Perchance to Scream'. George O’Brien and The Three Stooges, The Blacksmith and The Dance.

Dates: 1932 - 1965

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

Additional filters:

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