George O'Neil

Movies

Intermezzo: A Love Story
Screenplay
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well. He soon leaves his wife so the two can go off together.
High, Wide and Handsome
Writer
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.
Sutter's Gold
Writer
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Magnificent Obsession
Screenplay
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
Beloved
Writer
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Only Yesterday
Screenplay
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.