Noel Langley
- Writing
- December 25, 1911 · South Africa
- November 4, 1980
Biography
Noel Langley was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. He wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and is one of the three credited screenwriters for the film. His finished script for the film was revised by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, the other credited screenwriters. Langley objected to their changes and lamented the final cut upon first seeing it, but later revised his opinion. He attempted to write a sequel based on The Marvelous Land of Oz using many of the concepts he had added to its predecessor, but this was never released.
Known for
Filmography
- These Foolish Things · Novel
- The Wizard of Oz on Ice · Original Film Writer, Story
- The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True · Writer, Original Film Writer
- Workteams & the Wizard of Oz · Writer
- We’re Off to See... The Most Happy Fellows · Story
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters · Writer
- Snow White and the Three Stooges · Writer
- Shirley Temple's Storybook · Writer, Novel
- The Search for Bridey Murphy · Director, Writer
- The Vagabond King · Screenplay
- Svengali · Director, Screenplay
- Knights of the Round Table · Screenplay
- Our Girl Friday · Screenplay, Director
- The Pickwick Papers · Director, Screenplay
- The Prisoner of Zenda · Screenplay
- Ivanhoe · Screenplay
- Scrooge · Adaptation, Screenplay
- Tom Brown's Schooldays · Screenplay
- Trio · Writer
- Sunday Night Theatre · Theatre Play
- Adam and Evelyne · Story
- Cardboard Cavalier · Writer
- Edward, My Son · Theatre Play
- The Vicious Circle · Adaptation
- They Made Me a Fugitive · Screenplay, Associate Producer
- Unexpected Uncle · Screenplay
- Florian · Writer
- Babes in Arms · Additional Writing
- The Wizard of Oz · Screenplay, Adaptation
- Queer Cargo · Theatre Play
- Maytime · Writer
- The Secret of Stamboul · Dialogue