Noel Langley

Born December 25, 1911· South Africa

† Died November 4, 1980

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Emerging from Durban’s cultural scene, Langley attended the local high school before earning a BA at the University of Natal in 1934, where he began crafting plays that soon reached London’s West End. His early successes in theatre and novel writing led to a contract with MGM, where he supplied the initial 43-page adaptation that formed the backbone of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, introducin… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources