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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:

Sugar Daddies, The Jungle Princess, Buzzing Around, and The Adventurer Film, 1920 - 1927

 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: 1920 - 1927

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, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

The Big Circus, and Mary Chipperfield's Circus Film, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

The Blacksmith, The Bare Truth, His Royal Slyness, The Dance, Hill Billy Hotel, Make Mine Roman Style, Three Stooges Go West, and Walter’s Paying Policy Film, c1920 - 1929

 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'. George O’Brien in 'Three Stooges Go West'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'.

Dates: c1920 - 1929

The Chemist, Nose for News, and Arabian Nights Film, 1930 - 1939

 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: 1930 - 1939

The Cure, Bargain Day, Forbidden Jungle, The Rink, Shooting Wild, and Whispering Whiskers Film, 1910 - 1919

 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; 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. Cramp.

Dates: 1910 - 1919

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 Feast of Ishitar, Hold that Tiger, Fearless Antics, The Flame Smashers, Misbehaving Husbands, Mickey’s Menagerie, and Be My King Film, c1907 - 2001

 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'. Also features Ken Maynard, and sea lions at Chessington Zoo.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

The Golf Nut, Law of the Jungle, The Channel Swimmer, and Safety Last Film, 1920 - 1929

 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: 1920 - 1929

The Iron Mule, Be My King, Winchester 73, The Golf Nut, Stagecoach, Honest Horace, The Stuntman, Misbehaving Husbands, and Hit or Miss Film, c1907 - 2001

 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'. Also features animal scenes including; peacocks from...
Dates: c1907 - 2001

The Jazz Band Leader, Atilla the Hun, King of the Jungle, Captain Kidd's Kids, and Hollywood or Bust Film, 1910 - 1919

 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: 1910 - 1919

The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001

 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 JohnCemetery, Margate. Lord George Sanger’s Circus. James Freeman ‘Pimpo the Clown’.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

The Lion Tamer Film, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

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 Part Two Film, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

The Lion Tamer, The Wandering Elephant, Eastern Antics, Phantom Rider, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet Film, c1907 - 2001

 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'. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.

Dates: c1907 - 2001

The Misfit, Hopalong Cassidy, Winchester 73, and Chimp the Fireman Film, c1920 - 1929

 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: c1920 - 1929

The Perfect Clown, Picking Peaches, Big Pictures, and Balloonatics Film, c1907 - 2001

 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: c1907 - 2001

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 342
Collection 1
 
Subject
Acrobats 5
Aerialists 8
Amusement rides 3
Animal trainers 6
Animals 87