Noel Langley

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Naissance

25 décembre 1911

Durban

Décès

4 novembre 1980

(à 68 ans)
Desert Hot Springs

Nationalité

sud-africaine

Activités

Réalisateur de cinéma, producteur de cinéma, scénariste, écrivain

Noel Langley

Biographie
Naissance	25 décembre 1911 Durban
Décès	4 novembre 1980 (à 68 ans) Desert Hot Springs
Nationalité	sud-africaine
Activités	Réalisateur de cinéma, producteur de cinéma, scénariste, écrivain
Période d'activité	À partir de 1935

Autres informations
Membre de	Writers Guild of America West (en)

Noel Langley est un scénariste, réalisateur et producteur sud-africain né le 25 décembre 1911 à Durban (Afrique du Sud), et mort le 4 novembre 1980 à Desert Hot Springs (États-Unis).

Comme scénariste

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.

Comme scénariste

Comme réalisateur

Comme producteur

Publications

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