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Noel Langley
Noel Langley

Noel Langley was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. 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. His finished script for the film was revised by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, ... more

Noel Langley was a South African-born (later naturalised American) novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director. 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. His finished script for the film was revised by Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf, the other credited screenwriters. Langley objected to their changes and lamented the final cut upon first seeing it, but later revised his opinion. 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.

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The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor
Cast:
Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley
8.0
98%
92
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Scrooge
(1951)
Drama, Fantasy
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel miserly businessman until one fateful Christmas Eve when he is visited by three spirits, sent show him how his unhappy childhood and maladaptive adult behavior over has let him a selfish, lonely, bitter old man.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast:
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Glyn Dearman, Hermione Baddeley
8.1
85%
N/A
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Ivanhoe
(1952)
Adventure, Romance
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cast:
Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams
6.8
79%
N/A
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The Prisoner of Zenda
(1952)
Adventure
King Rudolf V of Ruritania is suddenly abducted just days before his coronation is to take place. The king's evil brother, Prince Rupert, is behind the kidnapping plot and plans to seize the throne for himself. As the king's supporters try to find him, they stumble upon Rudolf Rassendyl, an identical distant cousin who can pose as the ...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cast:
Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Knights of the Round Table
(1953)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.
Runtime:
115 min
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Cast:
Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford, Stanley Baker
6.2
67%
N/A
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They Made Me a Fugitive
(1947)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Alberto Cavalcanti
Cast:
Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, René Ray, Mary Merrall
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Maytime
(1937)
Drama, Music, Romance
An opera star's manager tries to stop her romance with a penniless singer.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Cast:
Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore, Herman Bing, Tom Brown
7.5
N/A
N/A
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The Pickwick Papers
(1952)
Adventure, Comedy
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Noel Langley
Cast:
James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Joyce Grenfell, Hermione Gingold
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Adam and Evelyne
(1949)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The father of a girl in an orphanage, who doesn't remember him, has been writing to her with tales of his success in business. Actually, he is impersonating a friend, a handsome gambler. When the father dies, the gambler takes the girl from the orphanage and tells her the truth. But the girl is now a full-grown beauty and complications...
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Harold French
Cast:
Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Helen Cherry, Joan Swinstead, Edwin Styles
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
(1951)
Drama
When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, he’s asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Gordon Parry
Cast:
John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, John Charlesworth, James Hayter, John Forrest
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Snow White and the Three Stooges
(1961)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Fortunia, a noble king and his lovely young queen lack but one blessing to make their joy complete. The queen gives birth to a daughter named Snow White, but dies soon after. The king mourns her, but in time, he remarries because of the pleading of his people. His new queen is a beautiful, but evil w...
Runtime:
107 min
5.2
N/A
N/A
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These Foolish Things
(2006)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The world's on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest between a playwright and a director.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Julia Taylor-Stanley
Cast:
Charlotte Lucas
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Our Girl Friday
(1953)
Comedy
Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and bald and bookish Professor Gibble. All fancy their chances.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Noel Langley
Cast:
Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More, Robertson Hare, Hermione Gingold
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Svengali
(1954)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Noel Langley
Cast:
Hildegard Knef, Donald Wolfit, Terence Morgan, Derek Bond, Alfie Bass
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Unexpected Uncle
(1941)
Comedy, Drama
An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.
Runtime:
67 min
Director:
Peter Godfrey
Cast:
Anne Shirley, Charles Coburn, James Craig, Ernest Truex, Russell Gleason
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Florian
(1940)
Drama
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Runtime:
91 min
7.5
N/A
N/A
Cardboard Cavalier
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Cardboard Cavalier
(1949)
Comedy
Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Walter Forde
Cast:
Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood, Jerry Desmonde, Jack McNaughton, Brian Worth
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Vicious Circle
(1948)
Crime
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby properties owned by villagers. He manages to convince all the property owners to sell to him, except for a few properties owned by Jewish families. Infuriated at their refusal to sell to him, he attempts, with the help of some corrupt local polic...
Runtime:
77 min
Director:
W. Lee Wilder
Cast:
Conrad Nagel, Fritz Kortner, Reinhold Schünzel, Philip Van Zandt, Lyle Talbot
5.7
N/A
N/A
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The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary Edition
(2013)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
One of the most famous musical films and the first film from Hollywood to use color. Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Wi...
Runtime:
101 min
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