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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:

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, 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, 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: 178D5.256
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, 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, 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

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 28: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.271
Scope and Contents 8mm, Castle Films. 400 feet. 3 Reels. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel in 'Kill or Cure'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Noah Young in 'The Mad Buttler'. Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman and Eric Campbell in 'The Pawnshop'. Mack Swain, Mabel Normand and Chester Conklin in 'Love, Speed and Thrills'. Buster Crabe in 'King of the Jungle'. Neal Heart in 'The Tell Tale Bullet'. Ben Turpin in...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.284
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 300 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Mickey Rooney as Mickey McGuire in 'Mickey’s Menagerie'. Fanfare trumpeters from 'The Feast of Ishitar'. Lupino Lane and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King', The Feast of Ishitar, Hold that Tiger, Fearless Antics, The Flame Smashers and Misbehaving Husbands. Also features Ken Maynard, and sea lions at Chessington Zoo.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.288
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gaumont-British Instructional. 400 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harold Lloyd in a dual role in 'The Grizzly Bear'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Buster Keaton in 'The Pale Face'. Buster Crabbe and lions in 'King of the Jungle' and Secrets of Life, Wake Up and Feed and You’re Darn Tootin. Also features animal scenes including; hippopotamus, pelicans, seals, giraffes, tigers, lions, deer, poodle...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.289
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from comercial films. Includes; Al St.John in the 'Iron Mule'. Lupino Lane in 'Be My King'. James Stewart and Millard Mitchell in 'Winchester 73'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace' and 'The Golf Nut'. John Wayne and Claire Tervor in 'Stagecoach'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Ken Maynard and Bobby Vernon in 'Hit or Miss', Honest Horace and Misbehaving Husbands. Also features animal...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 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', Chimp the Cowboy and Girl in the Wood. Laurel and Hardy, Anita Garvin and scenes including deer and bear.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.317
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 400 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in A Fishy Caveman Story extract from 'A Stone Age Romance'. Clyde Cook and Sid Crossley in Gate Masher extract from 'Starvation Blues'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Dusty King and Max ‘alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Laurel and Hardy in 'Saps at Sea', and Flying Elephants. Harold Lloyd in Heavens Above extract...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.318
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 350 feet. Universal Pictures. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy, Anita Garvin and Tiny Sandford in 'From Soup to Nuts', The Indians are Coming, Pals in Buckskin. Steve McNally and John McIntyre in 'Winchester 73'. Rudolph Valentino in 'Society Sensation'. James Parrott in 'Whispering Lions'. Buster Keaton, Fatty Artbuckle and Al St. John in 'Coney Island'. Also features young girl with knights...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.321
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin and Albert Austin in Charlie Rings the Bell extract from 'The Fireman'. Ben Turpin and Came the wonder dog from Robert Young Erson’s, 'Days of Thrills and Laughter', Our Gang, The Championship, Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle, Three Little Bruins Make Michief, The Range Busters, and The Last Hold Up.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Additional filters:

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