Noel Langley
écrivain sud-africain
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).
Noel Langley
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Filmographie
modifierComme scénariste
modifier- 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 (en)
- 1941 : Unexpected Uncle
- 1947 : They Made Me a Fugitive
- 1948 : The Vicious Circle
- 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
modifier- 1952 : The Pickwick Papers
- 1954 : Our Girl Friday
- 1954 : Svengali
- 1956 : The Search for Bridey Murphy
Comme producteur
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modifier- 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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- Notice dans un dictionnaire ou une encyclopédie généraliste :
- « Noel Langley » (présentation), sur l'Internet Movie Database