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Lloyd Lonergan
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 si…
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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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1922
Nine Points of the Law
Movie Editor
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1921
The Rich Slave
Movie Story
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1921
The Highest Bidder
Movie Writer
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1920
A Common Level
Movie Writer
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1920
Why Women Sin
Movie Screenplay
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1919
The Lurking Peril
Movie Story
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1917
The Heart of Ezra Greer
Movie Writer
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1917
Under False Colors
Movie Story
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1917
The Man Without a Country
Movie Writer
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1917
The Woman in White
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1917
Mary Lawson's Secret
Movie Writer
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1917
Her Beloved Enemy
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1917
A Modern Monte Cristo
Movie Writer
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1916
The Weakling
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1916
Simple Simon's Schooling
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1916
The Overworked Oversea Overseer
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1916
The Traffic Cop
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1916
The Net
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1916
The Cruise of Fate
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1916
Oscar, the Oyster Opener
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1916
Rustic Reggie's Record
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1916
Booming the Boxing Business
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1916
Beaten at the Bath
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1916
Lucky Larry's Lady Love
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1916
Pete's Persian Princess
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1916
Grace's Gorgeous Gowns
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1916
Reforming Rubbering Rosie
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1916
Belinda's Bridal Breakfast
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1916
Hilda's Husky Helper
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1916
The Bubbles in the Glass
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1916
The Optimistic Oriental Occults
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1915
Toodles, Tom and Trouble
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1915
Bill Bunks the Bandit
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1915
Clarence Cheats at Croquet
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1915
Minnie, the Mean Manicurist
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1915
The Villainous Vegetable Vender
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1915
A Cunning Canal Boat Cupid
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1915
Hannah's Hen-Pecked Husband
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1915
The Film Favorite's Finish
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1915
Lulu's Lost Lotharios
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