
Noel Langley
Writing
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.
Behind the camera
1995The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
Writer
1993Workteams & the Wizard of Oz
Writer
1961Snow White and the Three Stooges
Writer
1956The Vagabond King
Screenplay
1956The Search for Bridey Murphy
Director & Writer
1954Svengali
Director & Screenplay
1953Knights of the Round Table
Screenplay
1953Our Girl Friday
Director & Screenplay
1952Ivanhoe
Screenplay
1952The Prisoner of Zenda
Screenplay
1952The Pickwick Papers
Director & Screenplay
1951Tom Brown's Schooldays
Screenplay
1951Scrooge
Screenplay
1950Trio
Writer
1949Cardboard Cavalier
Writer
1947They Made Me a Fugitive
Screenplay
1941Unexpected Uncle
Screenplay
1940Florian
Writer
1939The Wizard of Oz
Screenplay
1937Maytime
Writer