Noel Langley

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film director human novelist playwright screenwriter

Noel Langley was a South African-born British writer and playwright best known as one of the principal screenwriters of the classic 1939 film adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz."

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film director → human → novelist → playwright → screenwriter →
basedOnWorkOf	L. Frank Baum →
citizenship	South Africa → United Kingdom →
countryOfBirth	South Africa →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
countryOfResidence	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1911-12-25 →
dateOfDeath	1980-11-04 →
educatedAt	Durban High School → University of Natal →
employer	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
era	20th century →
familyName	Langley →
genre	comedy → drama → fantasy →
givenName	Noel →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
name	Noel Langley →
notableFor	being one of the principal screenwriters of the 1939 film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz →
notableWork	The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) →
occupation	film director → novelist → playwright → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	Durban →
placeOfDeath	Desert Hot Springs, California →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Diana Wynyard → Patricia Dainton →
wrote	Cage Me a Peacock → Scrooge (1951 film screenplay) → The Land of Green Ginger → The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger → The Valiant Little Tailor (screenplay) → There’s a Porpoise Close Behind Us →
wroteScreenplayFor	Knights of the Round Table (1953 film) → Scrooge (1951 film) → The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960 film) → The Miracle of the White Stallions (1963 film) → The Pickwick Papers (1952 film) → The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film) → The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956 film) → The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) → Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1951 film) →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Noel Langley →	name
The Wizard of Oz →	screenwriter