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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 and Animal Scenes Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.203
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 300 Feet. Chadwick Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; 'Kid Speed' starring Larry Semon and Oliver Hardy. 'The Range Busters' starring Cary ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John King and Ray ‘Alibi’ Terhure. 'The Rink' starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell. Woodenheads extract from 'Busy Bodies' starring Laurel and Hardy. Pack up your Troubles, Swiss Miss, Jitterbugs (parponus), and Saps at Sea...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Compilation of Various Films and Zoo Scenes Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.197
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In colour with sound including the Mad World of Mack Sennett, Chip the Fireman, Hopalong Cassidy, and Lion and Bear at Chessington, supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Copy of Trapeze Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 13: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.107
Scope and Contents

Super8, Grasso. In colour, with sound. Feature film starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Distributed by Derann. Directed by Carol Reed. Susan Productions Inc.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

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

Dainty by Daring, Gunga Din and Winchester 73 Film, c1942 - 1965

 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: c1942 - 1965

Damsel in Distress Film, c1942 - 1965

 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: c1942 - 1965

Days of Thrill and Laughter and Monty Banks' Train Ride Film, c1932 - 1965

 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: c1932 - 1965

Destry and the Vigilantes, Hi Diddle Fiddle and Just in Time Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.298
Scope and Contents

8mm. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'. Snooky the Monkey in 'Just in Time'. Tom Mix in 'Destry and the Vigilantes'. Also features Indian elephants from safari 1964, and rodeo scenes.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Dizzy Dames Film, c1935 - 1945

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.95
Scope and Contents

8mm, Kodak. Peak Films. Black and white, silent. Feature film starring Marjorie Rambeau. Copied to DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1935 - 1945

Do Detectives Think (The Bodyguard) Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 19: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.174
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson and Noah Young.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Dog and Dynamite Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.296
Scope and Contents

8mm. Silent, in colour. Commercial film. A very rare Russian clown comedy with origial routine.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Duo Sidelnikov Film, c1962 - 1993

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 17: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.164
Scope and Contents

VHS PAL.

Dates: c1962 - 1993

Easy Street, Safety Last and Scenes from the London Zoo Film, c1932 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.211
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 275 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; animal scenes and wild birds from Slimbridge Sussex. Dog and cat from India. Indian scenes. Ballet dancers and female nudity from the USA. Polar bears and brown bears from the London Zoo. 'Easy Street' starring Charlie Chaplin and Eric Campbell. 'Safety Last' starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.

Dates: c1932 - 1990

Easy Street, Trailing Double Trouble and Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.282
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Lone Star Corporation. 300 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in Charlie Saves the Day extract from 'Easy Street'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune as The Range Busters in 'Trailing Double Trouble'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Also features; a cartoon, Angelo Carpenter, Extasy Shu Shu in the Nude, Linda Dawson...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

Elephant Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.265
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterday's Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 Feet. Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation. In colour, with sound. Commercial film.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Elephants Elbows Film, 1938

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.131
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G. B. Ferrosonic Tape. Silent, colour-tinted. Note on case reads "A juvenile 2 reel comedy from the Kodascope Library".

Dates: 1938

Extract from The Story of Three Loves Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.115
Scope and Contents

Super8. Trapeze act extract from 'The Story of Three Loves' starring Kirk Douglas and Pier Angeli.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Extracts from Circus Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.126
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, F.I.N.S. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Extracts from films including Snooky's Crazy Outing, The Chuckleheads, Chase Winnie Chase, Ginger Nut’s Christmas Circus, Hold that Lion, The Three Stooges, and Circus Slickers. Note on box reads "To be used in Pixies Circusama". Includes W.C. Fields.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Extracts from Feature Circus Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.118
Scope and Contents

Super8. Extracts filmed from the television.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Extracts from Mack Sennett’s Lion, Circus Boy and Circus Today Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.125
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films starring Laurel and Hardy and Jerry Madden.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Additional filters:

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