Noel Langley
Writer, Producer, Director
December 25, 1911 — 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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2006 | These Foolish Things · as Novel |
| 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 | Knights of the Round Table · as Screenplay |
| 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 · as Play |
| 1965 | Jackanory · as Book |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 · as Translation |
| 1954 | Studio 57 · as Teleplay |
| 1953 | The Adventures of Sadie · as A Langley-Minter Production |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour · as Adaptation |
| 1952 | Father's Doing Fine · as From The Comedy 'little Lambs Eat Ivy' |
| 1951 | A Christmas Carol · as AdaptationOn Plex |
| 1950 | The Taming of Dorothy · as English Adaptation |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Theatre 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 |