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Noel Langley

Writer, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born December 25, 1911Died November 4, 1980 (68 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • A Christmas Carol

Known For

  • The Wizard of Oz
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Ivanhoe
  • The Prisoner of Zenda
  • Snow White and the Three Stooges
  • I Became a Criminal
  • The Pickwick Papers
  • Adam and Evalyn
  • Maytime
  • Edward, My Son
  • The Adventures of Sadie
  • Marie Antoinette
  • These Foolish Things
  • Tom Brown's Schooldays
  • Listen, Darling
  • Svengali
  • Cardboard Cavalier
  • The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
  • Florian

Noel Langley Filmography

2006
1996
The Wizard of Oz on Ice · as Original Film Writer
1995
1963
1961
1958
1956
1956
The Vagabond King · as Screenplay
1954
Svengali · as Screenplay
1953
1953
The Adventures of Sadie · as Screenplay
1952
The Prisoner of Zenda · as Screenplay
1952
The Pickwick Papers · as Screenplay
1952
Ivanhoe · as Screenplay
1951
Due mogli sono troppe · as Screenplay
1951
Tom Brown's Schooldays · as Screenplay
1950
1949
1947
I Became a Criminal · as Screenplay
1941
Unexpected Uncle · as Screenplay
1940
1940
Northwest Passage · as Contributing Writer
1939
Babes in Arms · as Contributing Writer
1939
The Wizard of Oz · as Screenplay
1938
Listen, Darling · as Contributing Writer
1938
1937

1952
1947
I Became a Criminal · as Associate Producer

2025
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere · as Original Film Screenplay
1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Play
1965
Jackanory (TV Series) · as Book
1964
Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Translation
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1953
The Adventures of Sadie · as A Langley-Minter Production
1953
The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Adaptation
1952
Father's Doing Fine · as From The Comedy 'little Lambs Eat Ivy'
1951
1950
The Taming of Dorothy · as English Adaptation
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Play
1949
Adam and Evalyn · as Story
1949
Edward, My Son · as Theatre Play
1948
The Vicious Circle · as Adaptation
1936
The Spy in White · as Dialogue
1935
King of the Damned · as Additional Dialogue

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