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Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) 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.
May 7, 2024 · Noel Langley was a South African-born novelist and playwright who was the author of witty comedies and the creator of many successful film scripts, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), Trio (1950), Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1951), and The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956).
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Noel Langley (1911-1980) was a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He wrote the screenplay for "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and directed three films in the 1950s.
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Noel Langley (25 December 1911 - 4 November 1980) was a screenwriter who did important work on the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. Born in South Africa, Langley was a novelist and playwright. His Hollywood screenwriting career began in 1936.
Langley, South African-born, was selected as the screenwriter because of his whimsical 1937 children’s book, The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger. Langley’s fantasy features the...
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Noel Langley was a South African novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1961. Langley was born on December 25, 1911 in Durban, South Africa. His parents were Aubrey Samuel Langley and Dora Agnes Allison.
