Lloyd Lonergan
Writing
Born 1870-03-03
Died 1937-04-06
Chicago, Illinois, USA
101 credits
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Born in Chicago, Lloyd F. Lonergan was one of five children of Thomas Lonergan, a newspaper publisher. His mother was a writer for various newspapers, and eventually all of his siblings became newspaper writers too. Lonergan attended the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD. He later went to work for the William Randolph Hearst organization as a newspaper and magazine writer and worked on a number of newspapers, including the New York Evening Journal and the New York Evening World. He was eventually hired by the newly formed Thanhouser Company as a scriptwriter, and penned the company's first picture, The Actor's Children (1910). He later married Molly Homan, the sister of Thanhouser founder Edwin Thanhouser's wife. He left Thanhouser in 1915 after company executive (and his close friend) Charles J. Hite was killed in an auto accident and founder Edwin Thanhouser sold the company to an investor syndicate. Lonergan went to work for Universal Pictures as a scriptwriter. However, Thanhouser returned and bought the company back not long afterwards —the new owners had no idea how to run a film studio and were losing a fortune— and Lonergan also returned, staying for the next two years. In 1917, as the studio's fortunes declined and it was on its last legs, Lonergan left for good. He retired for a while, but came back in late 1917 to edit the serial The Million Dollar Mystery (1914) into a feature to be re-released by Arrow Film Corp. He later returned to scriptwriting also, although mostly for low-budget independents, and wrote such films as A Common Level (1920) for Transatlantic Films, Why Women Sin (1920) for Wisteria Productions and My Lady's Garter (1920) for Maurice Tourneur Productions. He died in New York City on April 6, 1937, after a long illness.
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Filmography
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Writing
26 credits
Pocahontas
Zudora
The Net
A Modern Monte Cristo
Rejuvenation
Little Brother
The Soap Suds Star
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
The Traffic Cop
The Winter's Tale
The Farmer's Daughters
The Heart of Ezra Greer
An Elusive Diamond
The Million Dollar Mystery
The Woman in White
The Actor's Children
Whom God Hath Joined
The Lurking Peril
Clarence Cheats at Croquet
When the Studio Burned
The Marvelous Marathoner
The Highest Bidder
While Baby Slept
Into the Desert
Under False Colors
When a Count Counted
Acting
35 credits
Frou Frou
Rustic Reggie's Record
The Weakling
Superstitious Sammy
Freddie, the Fake Fisherman
Booming the Boxing Business
The Overworked Oversea Overseer
Her Beloved Enemy
The Cruise of Fate
Oscar, the Oyster Opener
A Cunning Canal Boat Cupid
The Film Favorite's Finish
A Woman's Loyalty
Undine
Reforming Rubbering Rosie
Hattie, the Hair Heiress
Lucky Larry's Lady Love
Pete's Persian Princess
Lulu's Lost Lotharios
The Optimistic Oriental Occults
Hilda's Husky Helper
Grace's Gorgeous Gowns
Beaten at the Bath
The Lurking Peril
Belinda's Bridal Breakfast
Glorianna's Getaway
The Bubbles in the Glass
Pansy's Prison Pies
Simple Simon's Schooling
The Villainous Vegetable Vender
Minnie, the Mean Manicurist
Peggy's Invitation
Weary Walker's Woes
Hannah's Hen-Pecked Husband
A Debut in the Secret Service
Directing
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