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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Cage Me a Peacock by Noel Langley CAGE ME A PEACOCK. Blend Thorne Smith, gone somewhat mild, with John Erskine, humor slightly fagged, and the satire of a play of several years back, The Road to Rome. The theme is the ""Rape of Lucrece"" -- and what a tale is made of it. Nothing of the restrained and modest female, victim of the male was here -- but a version that goes Ovid several better -- in a style that is somewhat decadent modern. A shocker that isn't worth it -- public libraries and conservative bookshops pass up. Frankly, I thought it somewhat boring. Noel Langley. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Noel Langley , (born December 25, 1911, Durban, South Africa —died November 4, 1980, Desert Hot Springs, California, U.S.), South African-born novelist and playwright who was the author of witty comedies and the creator of many successful film scripts, including The Wizard of Oz (1939), Trio (1950), Tom Brown’s Schooldays (1951), and The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956). Langley graduated from the University of Natal in 1934, and that same year he staged two plays— Queer Cargo and For Ever —in London. His versatility, ability to work rapidly, and well-crafted scripts gained him recognition in Hollywood after he had written Maytime (1937), a romantic musical starring Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Langley’s stage plays included melodrama, musical productions, historical drama, and light comedy. Among his novels were Cage Me a Peacock (1935), which he later adapted as a stage musical, There’s a Porpoise Close Behind Us (1936), and An Elegance of Rebels (1960). This article was most recently revised and updated by André Munro, Assistant Editor. Biography. Noel Langley was a South African novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1961. Langley was born on December 25, 1911 in Durban, South Africa. His parents were Aubrey Samuel Langley and Dora Agnes Allison. Aubrey served as the headmaster of Durban High School, and had a reputation as a strict disciplinarian and rugby football enthusiast. Noel was a sickly child with an interest in the in the arts. He had a strained relationship with Aubrey, who considered him a disappointment. Noel attended Durban High School, and graduated in 1930. He next attended the University of Natal, and graduated in 1934. During his college years Langley started writing theatrical plays. His first success was the play "Queer Cargo" (1932), which was produced by the Durban Repertory Theatre in 1932. He migrated to the United Kingdom in 1934, and soon managed to have "Queer Cargo" produced there by Charles Wyndham (1837-1919), the proprietor of Wyndham's Theatre in London. The play run there for 7 months. Noel started writing plays for the West End theaters. Meanwhile he also started publishing novels. His first novel was the historical satire "Cage Me a Peacock" (1935), set in ancient Rome. It was followed by the novel "There's a Porpoise Close Behind Us", and the children's novel "The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger" (1937) about the son of Aladdin. Langley found work as a screenwriter for British films. One of his first works being the screenplay of the spy thriller "Secret of Stamboul" (1936), concerning plots for a coup in then modern Istanbul (Constantinople). In 1937, Langley signed a 7-years-long contract with the American film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and moved to Hollywood. Langley's first American film was the musical "Mayday" (1937), an adaptation of an operetta by Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951). Having some experience as a children's writer, Langley was chosen as a screenwriter for the fantasy film "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). It was an adaptation of a children's novel by Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919). Langley was credited with attempting to correct the "cutesy and oozy" ideas of his fellow screenwriters. He reportedly disliked the final version of the film, though he conceded that it was not a bad film. His film career was interrupted by World War II, as Langley joined the Royal Canadian Navy. Following his war service, Langley mainly worked on British films. He directed three films during the 1950s. His last screenwriting credit was for the fantasy comedy "Snow White and the Three Stooges" (1961), featuring the comedy trio of Moe Howard (1897-1975), Larry Fine (1902-1975), and Joe DeRita (1909-1993). From the 1950s onward, Langley contributed scripts for television series. He continued to write novels and plays. He also wrote a number of short stories, which were published by the magazine "The Saturday Evening Post". In his old age, he worked part-time in drug-rehabilitation. Langley died in November 1980, at the age of 68. Several of his films continue to enjoy popularity, and his screenplay for "The Wizard of Oz" has received its own adaptations. Noel Langley. Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) 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. [1] YouTube Encyclopedic. Transcription. What's this? Why, she's putting her hand on her heart. She's dropping down on the bed. Oh, no, no. That's all. The crystal's gone dark. Oh, no-- you don't suppose She could really be sick, do you? Oh! Oh, I've got to go home right away. But what's this? I thought you were going along with me. Oh, no, no. I have to get to her right away. Come on, toto. Come on. Come on. [wind howling] Good-bye, professor marvel! And thanks a lot! [horse neighs] Better get under cover, sylvester. There's a storm blowing up--a whopper-- To speak in the vernacular of the peasantry. Poor little kid. I hope she gets home all right. [wind howling] Hurry up and get them horses loose. Where's hickory? Hickory! Hickory! Doggone it, hickory. It's a twister! It's a twister! Dorothy! Dorothy! Come on, everybody in the storm cellar! Help me, henry! I can't find dorothy! She's somewhere out in the storm! We can't look for her now! Get in the cellar! Auntie em! FOUND A GRAVE. Born on Christmas Day in Durban, South Africa, Noel Langley was the son of Durban High School headmaster Aubrey Samuel Langley and Dora Agnes Allison. Noel Langley attended his father’s school (Durban High School- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) until 1930. Noel’s relationship with his headmaster father was a strained one as he did meet his father’s expectations. His father, Aubrey Samuel ‘Madevu’ (the isiZulu word for mustache), was a queer mix of sensitive artist, strict disciplinarian and rugby football enthusiast valued boys who were physically active. It seems that Langley senior rejected his son who was artistically inclined and physically weak (he was barred from sport and cadet drill by his doctor, Dr George Campbell). Their relationship was so poor that Noel bragged to Jack Cope (a fellow Natalian, poet and novelist) after his father’s death that he had helped kill his father by sending him money for drink. He then studied at the University of Natal, from which he graduated with a BA in 1934. While at University, he began writing plays. His play Queer Cargo was produced by the Durban Repertory Theatre in 1932. Sailing for England, post-graduation, he by chance met a cousin of Charles Wyndham, the founder of London’s Wyndham’s Theatre. Queer Cargo was subsequently produced at Wyndham’s Theatre where it ran for seven months. Langley wrote other plays for the West End stage in this period, which included For Ever and Farm of Three Echoes. His first big success came in 1935 with the publication of his first novel, Cage Me a Peacock, a satire set in ancient Rome. This was followed by another novel, There’s a Porpoise Close Behind Us, and a children’s book, The Land of Green Ginger, in 1936. Langley began writing for films in the 1930s, helping to write the British films King of the Damned and Secret of Stamboul. Noel Langley then left London for Hollywood, having accepted a seven-year contract as a screenwriter for MGM. At MGM, his first credited film was Maytime, a musical based on the 1917 operetta. In part due to the success of his own children’s book The Land of Green Ginger, Noel Langley was one of the screenwriters auditioned for the job of adapting L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to film. In 11 days, he provided a 43-page adaptation. Changes he introduced to story are the inclusion of the actors playing the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion characters as farmhands in the sepia tone Kansas sequences as well as changing the color of Dorothy’s shoes from silver to ruby. Langley also introduced Miss Almira Gulch, the Wicked Witch’s Kansas counterpart. He then wrote a final draft.

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