Noel Langley
South African writer (1911-1980) · South Africa · On the map · Writers · Died at 68
Noel Langley was a South African-born 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.
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Richard Thorpe Directed Ivanhoe and The Prisoner of Zenda
Pandro S. Berman Produced Ivanhoe and The Prisoner of Zenda
Felix Aylmer Noel wrote Ivanhoe and Edward, My Son
Harold French Directed Adam and Evelyne and Trio
Brian Desmond Hurst Directed Scrooge (1951)
James Hayter Noel directed The Pickwick Papers (1952)- Francis de Wolff Also in Tom Brown's Schooldays and Ivanhoe
Hermione Baddeley Also in Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
Hattie Jacques Also in Scrooge and The Pickwick Papers
James Donald Noel directed The Pickwick Papers (1952)- George Cole Noel directed Our Girl Friday (1953)
Nigel Patrick Noel directed The Pickwick Papers (1952)- Kathleen Harrison Also in Trio, Scrooge and The Pickwick Papers
- Michael Brennan Noel wrote Ivanhoe and Tom Brown's Schooldays
Walter Fitzgerald Also in The Pickwick Papers and Our Girl Friday
Mary Merrall Also in They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
Spencer Tracy Noel wrote Northwest Passage and Edward, My Son
Robert Taylor Noel wrote Ivanhoe (1952)
Sebastian Cabot Also in They Made Me a Fugitive and Ivanhoe
Michael Hordern Noel wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
Finlay Currie Also in Trio and Ivanhoe
Joyce Grenfell Noel directed The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Noel Purcell Also in The Pickwick Papers and Svengali- Gregor Rabinovitch Produced Maytime (1937)
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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.
