Noel Langley

Noel Langley est un scénariste, réalisateur et producteur sud-africain né le à Durban (Afrique du Sud), et mort le à Desert Hot Springs (États-Unis).

Filmographie Comme scénariste 1936 : Secret of Stamboul 1937 : Le Chant du printemps (Maytime) 1938 : Queer Cargo de Harold D. Schuster 1939 : Le Magicien d'oz (The Wizard of Oz) 1940 : Florian 1941 : Unexpected Uncle 1947 : They Made Me a Fugitive 1948 : 1949 : Adam et Évelyne () de Harold French 1949 : Quel bandito sono io 1949 : Cardboard Cavalier 1950 : Due mogli sono troppe 1950 : Trio 1951 : Tom Brown's Schooldays 1952 : The Pickwick Papers 1952 : Ivanhoé (Ivanhoe) 1952 : Le Prisonnier de Zenda (The Prisoner of Zenda) 1953 : Les Chevaliers de la table ronde (Knights of the Round Table) 1954 : Our Girl Friday 1954 : Svengali 1956 : Le Roi des vagabonds 1956 : The Search for Bridey Murphy 1961 : Snow White and the Three Stooges

Comme réalisateur 1952 : The Pickwick Papers 1954 : Our Girl Friday 1954 : Svengali 1956 : The Search for Bridey Murphy

Comme producteur 1947 : They Made Me a Fugitive 1952 : The Pickwick Papers

Publications ' 'Cage Me a Peacock, Arthur Barker, 1935. A humorous historical novel set in Rome at the end of the Tarquin era. Became the basis for a musical in 1948. There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us, Arthur Barker, 1936. A comic drama about English theatre life. Three Plays, Arthur Barker, 1936. Farm of Three Echoes, For Ever, and Friendly Relations. The Land of Green Ginger, Arthur Barker, 1937. A book for children, concerning Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin. The Land of Green Ginger was rewritten for a new edition in 1966 and again in about 1975. In 1965, New York radio station WBAI recorded and broadcast Langley reading this story. A shortened version was issued on LP and offered as a fund-raising incentive. So Unlike The English, William Morrow, 1937. The Wizard of Oz, 1939, screenplay with Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Hocus Pocus, Methuen, 1941. A humorous tale set in Hollywood. The Music of the Heart, Arthur Barker, 1946. A novel with a circus background. The Cabbage Patch, Arthur Barker, 1947. A comic drama about twenty-four hours in the life of Daisy, Lady Buckering. The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda, The Waltzing Mouse, Lindsay Drummond, 1947. A children's book, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Nymph in Clover, Arthur Barker, 1948. The Lysistrata debacle retold. There's a Horse in My Tree, with Hazel Pynegar, Arthur Barker, 1948. A humorous book. Little Lambs Eat Ivy, Samuel French, 1950. A Light Comedy in Three Acts – produced 1948. Edward, My Son; A Play in Three Acts, with Robert Morley, French, 1948. Somebody's Rocking My Dreamboat, with Hazel Pynegar, Arthur Barker, 1949. A World War II novel about a group of women fleeing from England on a tramp steamer. The Inconstant Moon, Arthur Barker, 1949. The story of Dante and Beatrice. Tales of Mystery and Revenge, Arthur Barker, 1950. Scrooge, 1951, screenplay adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Cuckoo in the Dell, with Hazel Pynegar, Arthur Barker, 1951. A tale of a young Norman knight and moral idealism. The Rift in the Lute, also known as The Innocent at Large, Arthur Barker, 1952. An innocent boy finds a colourful, exotic world of "gay sinners" in ancient China. Where Did Everybody Go?, Arthur Barker, 1960. A story of a playwright. Snow White and the Three Stooges, 1961, screenplay with Elwood Ullman. An Elegance of Rebels, a play in three acts, Arthur Barker, 1960. The Loner, Triton Books, 1967. Edgar Cayce on Reincarnation, Hawthorn Books, 1968. A Dream of Dragonflies, Macmillan, 1971. The Return, Kessinger Publishing, 2005. A collection of Saturday Evening Post short stories. Desbarollda, the Waltzing Mouse'', Durrant Publishing, 2006. A new edition.

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Catégorie:Réalisateur sud-africain Catégorie:Scénariste sud-africain de cinéma Catégorie:Producteur sud-africain de cinéma Catégorie:Écrivain sud-africain du XXe siècle Catégorie:Naissance en décembre 1911 Catégorie:Naissance à Durban Catégorie:Naissance au Natal Catégorie:Décès en novembre 1980 Catégorie:Décès à Desert Hot Springs Catégorie:Décès à 68 ans