Noel Langley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Noel Langley

South African writer

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Death: 04-Nov-1980

Profession: screenwriter, writer, film director, film producer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.
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 realised.