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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:

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.129
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Black and white, silent. Includes Circus Today, Lion Water Ski Rid, Chimps Boxing, Its in the Balance, Moscow State Circus, and Peak and extracts from the Laurel & Hardy feature film ‘Circus Today’. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.133
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Scotch. Eugene Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Film extracts including Circus Thrills, Indian Elephant, Godiva Rides Again, High Wire Act, Motor Cycle Team, Chariot Racing, and Whispering Lions Whiskers and featuring Bertram Mills and James Parrott.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.135
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Includes 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman and Nero's Gladiators, Chessington Zoo Animals, Chimp Antics, and It's the Circus, which features Bertram Mills.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.140
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 250 feet. Silent, in colour. Includes Pompei Circus, Spanish Lipizzi and Horses, Circus Acts, Monkey-Go Round and Circus Boy. Pompei Circus features Roman chariot racing. Circus Boy starring Jerry Madden. Includes Emily Jannings.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.141
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Amateur footage possibly filmed by Noel Drewe including Sanger’s Memorial is at St John's cemetery, Margate. Sanger’s Sensational Bullfight at the Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead. Dave and Dusty at Lord Sanger's Circus is an extract from 'Broke Again'. Note on can reads "Pony in a field, Warner's End".

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, 1976 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.153
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe. Robert Brother's Posters filmed at Leighton Buzzard. Robert Brother's Circus, filmed at Kings Lynn, 1976. Hungarian State Circus, filmed at Piccotts End, Hemel Hempstead, 1989, and B.P. Site, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, 1990.

Dates: 1976 - 1990

Video Four Film, c1962 - 1993

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.325
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Includes; Tweeties Circus, hippo rodeo, monkeyland, a chapter of accidents, acrobatic antics, some birds, and Circus Time.

Dates: c1962 - 1993

Weights Circus Film, 1994

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.155
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Kodak. 50 feet. Silent, in colour. Featuring Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead.

Dates: 1994

West Midlands Safari Park Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 8: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.56
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Celolite 400, Cinematograph Engineering Ltd., London. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Colour with sound. Leader also titled 'Stop, Look & Listen'.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

When Comedy was King, Keystone, Clash by Night, Tit for Tat, Cops, and Midnight Mischief Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.220
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films, and TV commercials. Includes horse racing. Nude from striphouse. Charley Chase in the opening from 'When Comedy was King'. Charles Chaplin in 'Keystone'. Barbara Standwyck, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Douglas in 'Clash by Night'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Chalie Hall in 'Tit for Tat'. Buster Keaton in 'The Great Stone Face from Cops' . Glamour finale...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Whispering Lions Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.195
Scope and Contents

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Whispering Lions Film, 1925

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.275
Scope and Contents

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 175 Feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial film starring James Parrot and Jolyn Ralston.

Dates: 1925

Wife and Auto Trouble Film, c1951 - 1971

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.90
Scope and Contents

8mm, American Molded Products. 200 feet, 16 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Stock mark reads 1951 or 1971. Includes William Collier, early vintage comedy.

Dates: c1951 - 1971

Winchester 73, Love Loot and Crash, Gunga Din and From Hand to Mouth Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.299
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 178 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stephen McNally, Shelley Winters and Dan Dure in 'Winchester 73'. Cary Grant in 'Gunga Din'. Harold Lloyd in 'From Hand to Mouth'. Also features Caroline Dell and Hedy Keiser adult scenes.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Wing, Claw and Fang Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.17
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathe, Kodascope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Silent. Includes USA Circus. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

With Love and Hisses, Cavemen, Double Whoopee and Let Em Rip Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.253
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 1050 feet. Silent, in colour. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'With Love and Hisses' and 'Let Em Rip'. Laurel and Hardy and James Finlayson in 'Cavemen'. Laurel and Hardy and Jean Harlow in 'Double Whoope'. Also features of animals from Flamingoland.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

With Love and Hisses Film, 1927

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.242
Scope and Contents

8mm, Dixons. 380 Feet. Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Commercial film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Dates: 1927

With Love and Hisses, The Redskins Attack, Stage Coach, Feast of Ishitar, Destry, and Dog Heaven Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.263
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 300 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy in Travelling Companions scene from 'With Love and Hisses'. James Ellison in 'The Redskins Attack'. Tom Mix and Tony in 'Destry'. Pete and Our Gang in 'Dog Heaven'. Also features skeleton dance, King of the Jungle, animal scenes from Kruger Park South Africa, elephants from Chessington Park, Elmo Lincoln with elephant (in...
Dates: c1942 - 1965

World's 1st Movies Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 18: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.171
Scope and Contents

8mm. 200 feet. Black and white, silent. Combination of early shorts from the 'Collectors Club' series.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Your Darn Tooting, Slips Don’t Count, Riding the Goat and Lizzies of the Field Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.301
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy in 'Your Darn Tooting'. Walter Hiers in 'Riding the Goat'. Billy Bevan and Sid Smith in Grab and Tackle extract from 'Lizzies of the Field'. 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