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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:

Steam Fair Recording, 1978

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 33: Series 178E10
Reference code: 178E10.13
Scope and Contents

Fairground Music. Suffolk. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.

Dates: 1978

Steam Fayre Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 18: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.169
Scope and Contents

Super8, Mountain Films Ltd. 200 feet, 12 minutes long. In colour, with sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA. Note reads 'sound on this copy in Arabic?'

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Sugar Daddies, Hot Dogs, The Indians are Coming, Misbehaving Husbands and Double Whoopee Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.283
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 300 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy, Noah Young and James Finlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Charles Chaplin in 'Hot Dogs'. Col Tim McCoy and Edmund Cobb in 'The Indians are Coming'. Laurel and Hardy, Jean Harlow and Edrich Vonstroheim in 'Double Whoopee'.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Sugar Daddies, The Jungle Princess, Buzzing Around, and The Adventurer Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.259
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Noah Young, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Juanita Hansen in 'The Jungle Princess'. Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John in 'Buzzing Around'. Charles Chaplin in 'The Adventurer'. Also features animal scenes with lioness, tiger, and collie dogs.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Take the Air Film, c1945 - 1950

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 6: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.43
Scope and Contents

9.5mm. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Paul Perrot.

Dates: c1945 - 1950

Taxi Dolls and Criminals at Large Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.310
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 320 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Criminals at Large'. Also features chimp comedy, western scenes and Shirley Temple.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

The Big Circus, and Mary Chipperfield's Circus Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 12: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.103
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Plio Magic. In colour, possibly with Sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

The Chemist, Nose for News and Arabian Nights Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.286
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Eumio. 350 feet. Educational Films Corporation of America. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. includes; Buster Keaton in 'The Chemist'. Joe Cook in 'Nose for News'. Also features women wrestlers, animal scenes of camels and birds, and an extract from '4 ballets of Brigitte Bardot'.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

The Disappearing Doves Film, 1956

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 4: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.28
Scope and Contents

16mm, Diamond Film Productions. 100 feet, 2 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes Alex Mckeown and Chinese Magician Magic Act. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: 1956

The Golf Nut, Law of the Jungle, The Channel Swimmer and Safety Last Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.305
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Grasso. 350 feet. Mack Sennett. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Billy Bevan in 'The Golf Nut'. Eddie Quinlan in 'The Channel Swimmer'. Harold Lloyd in 'Safety Last'. Also features animal scenes including; lions, and snake versus mongoose in 'Law of the Jungle'.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 10: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.71
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. Black and white, silent.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

The Lion Tamer Film, c1932 - 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.181
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from the 9.5mm silent film. Also contains the Sanger memorial at St. John Cemetery Margate, Lord George Sanger’s Circus, and James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.

Dates: c1932 - 1949

The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.225
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Scenes from 9.5mm silent film. Also includes; Sanger memorial at St John Cemetery, Margate. Lord George Sanger’s Circus. James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

The Lion Tamer Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.278
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, Pathescope. 350 feet. 2 Reels. Black and white, silent. Commercial film.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

The Lion Tamer Part Two Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.323(i)
Scope and Contents

9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet. Black and white, silent.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

The Misfit, Hopalong Cassidy, Winchester 73, and Chimp the Fireman Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.223
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, G.B. Ferrosonic tape. 275 Feet. Lou Anger Productions. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Chyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Bill Boyd as 'Hopalong Cassidy'. James Stewart and Shelley Winters in 'Winchester 73'. Also features nude from Striphouse, and animal scenes from Chessington Zoo, including leopards and lion cub.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

The Perfect Clown, Picking Peaches, Big Pictures and Balloonatics Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.280
Scope and Contents

8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Larry Semon in 'The Perfect Clown'. Harry Langdon in 'Picking Peaches'. Will Rogers in 'Big Picture'. Buster Keaton in 'Balloonatics'. Also features a scene with Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

The Range Busters, Chimpanzees’ Tea Party, The Forbidden Jungle, and Three Little Bruins Great Adventure Film, c1942 - 1949

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.308
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 400 feet. Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Also features documentaries showing chimpanzees and bears, as well as Rounds 3 and 6 of the World Feather Weight Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki.

Dates: c1942 - 1949

The Rotor Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 4: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.29
Scope and Contents

16mm, Peak Gem. 100 feet, 4 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Possibly filmed at Battersea Fun Fair. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

The Stuntman and Shooting Wild Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.277
Scope and Contents

8mm, Photax. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Also features Women Wrestlers; Reta Martenez versus Maria Gernardi from Hollywood, U.S.A. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Additional filters:

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