Peter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts

Orton, Peter Z.

Peter Orton, having worked fifteen years for IBM Corporation, designs leadership development web sites, videos, and online simulators. Previously, he was a screenplay writer for Hollywood. Orton lives in North Carolina with his family.

The collection consists of thirty screenplays, five made-for-TV film scripts, and three television series scripts--typewritten or photocopied--collected by Peter Orton. The earliest screenplays are Sullivan's Travels, written by Sullivan Sturges and released in December 1941, and Casablanca, written by Julius and Philip Epstein and Howard Koch and released in 1942. The most recent film script is High, Wide and Handsome!, later known as Talladega Nights, written by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay in 2005. There are two copies each of Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Our Sons, and Leap Of Faith, four drafts of 3 O'Clock High (or After School), and one of A World Apart. Other screenplays include The Godfather by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, Chocolat by Robert Nelson Jacobs, and Chinatown by Robert Towne. All but these three scripts were produced: "Sacred Cow" written by Joe Eszterhas, "The Universal Baseball Association" by Robert Coover, and "Godzilla vs. Cleveland" by Dana Olson. Television scripts include an episode of Seinfeld ("The Pez Dispenser") written by Larry David dated 1991, the pilot episode for Quantum Leap by Donald P. Bellisario, and the made-for-TV film Who Will Love My Children written by Michael Bortman.

The collection is organized into one series with the scripts arranged in alphabetical order and, within that, in chronological order:

Gift of Peter Z. Orton, Princeton Class of 1970, in November 2007.

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This collection was processed by Dina Britain on November 14, 2007. Finding aid written by Dina Britain on November 15, 2007.

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Peter Orton Collection of Screenplays and Television Scripts, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Finding aids author

Dina Britain

Date

2007

Creator

Orton, Peter Z.

People

Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939-

David, Larry

Jacobs, Robert Nelson

Puzo, Mario, 1920-1999

Occupation

Screenwriters -- United States -- Manuscripts

Language

English

Form

Made-for-TV movies -- 20th century

Screenplays -- 20th century

Television scripts -- 20th century