Langley senior rejected his son, who was artistically inclined and physically weak (he was barred from sport and cadet drill by his doctor, Dr. His father, Aubrey Samuel 'Madevu' (the isiZulu word for mustache), was a queer mix of sensitive artist, strict disciplinarian and rugby football enthusiast, and valued boys who were physically active. Noel's relationship with his headmaster father was a strained one as he did not meet his father's expectations. Noel Langley attended his father's school (Durban High School- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) until 1930. Life and career īorn on Christmas Day in Durban, South Africa, Noel Langley was the son of Durban High School headmaster Aubrey Samuel Langley and Dora Agnes Allison. He attempted to write a sequel based on The Marvelous Land of Oz using many of the concepts he had added to its predecessor, but this was never released.
Langley objected to their changes and lamented the final cut upon first seeing it, but later revised his opinion. His finished script for the film was revised by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, the other credited screenwriters. He wrote the screenplay which formed the basis for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and is one of the three credited screenwriters for the film. Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director.
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