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Captain John Overton Cone Orton MC (30 August 1889 – May 1962) was a British screenwriter. Early life and military service. Orton was born in St. John's Wood, London in 1889 [2] and lived in Larchmont, New York, USA for a brief period of his childhood. [1] . In 1909 he joined the Norfolk Regiment of the British Army. [3] .
Innovators of the arts and film technology in the breakthrough years inbetween WW1 and WW2, they were also part of the British war effort through stories, documentaries, anti Nazi comedies and British Ministry of Information (MOI) propaganda films plus 'public information filler' shorts.
The couple had three children and five grandchildren through their daughters, but the Orton surname was sadly not passed on. “A Keen athlete, he kept wicket and played hockey for Norfolk and as recently as 1924 partnered by his wife won the mixed doubles at Norwich Lawn Tennis Association.”
J.O.C. Orton, Director & Editor - The Windjammer. This British Instructional Films (BIF) 'All Talking' production was released in 1930. It was directed and edited by JOC Orton who also wrote the adaptation from the book by A.J.Villiers "By Way of Cape Horn".
J.O.C. Orton was born in 1889 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for The Limping Man (1931), Windjammer (1930) and The Celestial City (1929). He died in May 1962 in London, England, UK.
The Celestial City is a 1929 British silent crime film directed by J. O. C. Orton and starring Norah Baring, Cecil Fearnley and Lewis Dayton. The film was made at Welwyn Studios by British Instructional Films, and based on the 1926 The Celestial City by Emma Orczy.
Aug 2, 2017 · August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the untimely death of playwright, Joe Orton. Curator of Printed Books, Dr Beverley Hart, looks back at Orton’s controversial career. Monday 27 February 1967: In South Kensington, admired the architectural splendours of the Science Museum and the V&A.
