Noel Langley

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.

Crew

The Wizard of Oz

Screenplay, Adaptation

Director, Screenplay

Snow White and the Three Stooges

Adaptation, Screenplay

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Vicious Circle

Tom Brown's Schooldays

They Made Me a Fugitive

Screenplay, Associate Producer

These Foolish Things

Knights of the Round Table

The Vagabond King

The Search for Bridey Murphy

Director, Writer

The Pickwick Papers

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Our Girl Friday

Director, Screenplay

Cardboard Cavalier

Unexpected Uncle

Adam and Evelyne

The Secret of Stamboul

Workteams & the Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz on Ice

Original Film Writer, Story

The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True

Writer, Original Film Writer

We’re Off to See... The Most Happy Fellows

Additional Writing