Noel Langley has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1950s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Wizard of Oz.
CriticCrunch Career Percentile
Top 3%
Titles Scored
3
Highest-Ranked Title
The Wizard of Oz (Top 3%)
Primary Role
Writer
Career Overview
By decade
Top 5%Top 6–25%Below 25%Unranked
Best Work
Top 7%
3 titles scored
By genre
Adventure
2
Fantasy
2
Titles can span multiple genres.
the vibe
Noel Langley’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe
briskupliftingmoderateapproachable
light-touch
personal
heartfelt
cozy
whimsical
Recurring themes
dream surrealquest missionfate destinygroup found familyfantasy mythology
pacing
brisk 5/9brisk 5/9
tone
uplifting 6/9uplifting 6/9
intensity
moderate 3/9moderate 3/9
complexity
approachable 3/9clear 3/9
humor
light-touch 4/9light 4/9
scale
personal 5/9personal 5/9
spirit
heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9
texture
cozycozy
CriticCrunch Signature Pacing
brisk (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Tone
uplifting (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Intensity
moderate (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Complexity
approachable (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Humor
light-touch (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Scale
personal (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Signature Spirit
heartfelt (mode across filmography)
CriticCrunch Recurring Themes
dream surreal, quest mission, fate destiny, group found family, fantasy mythology
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.
Dir. Victor Fleming · With Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Dir. Brian Desmond Hurst · With Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Glyn Dearman
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.
Dir. Richard Thorpe · With Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine
