Lloyd Lonergan
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 3, 1870
- Died
- April 6, 1937 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Highest Bidder
Movie · Writer
The Rich Slave
Movie · Story
Why Women Sin
Movie · Screenplay, Story
A Common Level
Movie · Writer
The Lurking Peril
Movie · Story, Scenario Writer
Under False Colors
Movie · Story
Mary Lawson's Secret
Movie · Writer
A Modern Monte Cristo
Movie · Writer
The Woman in White
Movie · Writer
The Man Without a Country
Movie · Writer
Her Beloved Enemy
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Heart of Ezra Greer
Movie · Writer
The Net
Movie · Story
The Traffic Cop
Movie · Writer
The Weakling
Movie · Scenario Writer
Beaten at the Bath
Movie · Scenario Writer
Reforming Rubbering Rosie
Movie · Scenario Writer
Belinda's Bridal Breakfast
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Cruise of Fate
Movie · Scenario Writer
Lucky Larry's Lady Love
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Optimistic Oriental Occults
Movie · Scenario Writer
Simple Simon's Schooling
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Overworked Oversea Overseer
Movie · Scenario Writer
Oscar, the Oyster Opener
Movie · Scenario Writer
Rustic Reggie's Record
Movie · Scenario Writer
Booming the Boxing Business
Movie · Scenario Writer
Pete's Persian Princess
Movie · Scenario Writer
Grace's Gorgeous Gowns
Movie · Scenario Writer
Hilda's Husky Helper
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Bubbles in the Glass
Movie · Scenario Writer
Clarence Cheats at Croquet
Movie · Writer
The Marvelous Marathoner
Movie · Writer
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Movie · Writer
The Soap Suds Star
Movie · Writer
Toodles, Tom and Trouble
Movie · Writer
Bill Bunks the Bandit
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Villainous Vegetable Vender
Movie · Scenario Writer
Lulu's Lost Lotharios
Movie · Scenario Writer
Hannah's Hen-Pecked Husband
Movie · Scenario Writer
Superstitious Sammy
Movie · Scenario Writer
Weary Walker's Woes
Movie · Scenario Writer
Glorianna's Getaway
Movie · Scenario Writer
Minnie, the Mean Manicurist
Movie · Scenario Writer
A Cunning Canal Boat Cupid
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Film Favorite's Finish
Movie · Scenario Writer
Clarissa's Charming Calf
Movie · Scenario Writer
Freddie, the Fake Fisherman
Movie · Scenario Writer
Hattie, the Hair Heiress
Movie · Scenario Writer
Busted, But Benevolent
Movie · Scenario Writer
A Perplexing Pickle Puzzle
Movie · Scenario Writer
Gustav Gebhardt's Gutter Band
Movie · Scenario Writer
Pansy's Prison Pies
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Price of Her Silence
Movie · Screenplay
A Woman's Loyalty
Movie · Scenario Writer
An Elusive Diamond
Movie · Writer
Zudora
Movie · Writer
Joseph in the Land of Egypt
Movie · Writer
The Cat's Paw
Movie · Writer
From Wash to Washington
Movie · Writer
The Mohammedan's Conspiracy
Movie · Writer
The Million Dollar Mystery
Movie · Screenplay
A Debut in the Secret Service
Movie · Scenario Writer
Frou Frou
Movie · Adaptation
While Baby Slept
Movie · Writer
Peggy's Invitation
Movie · Scenario Writer
Robin Hood
Movie · Writer
Moths
Movie · Scenario Writer
When the Studio Burned
Movie · Writer
The Farmer's Daughters
Movie · Writer
Little Brother
Movie · Writer
For Sale -- A Life
Movie · Writer
Jilted
Movie · Writer
Jess
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Movie · Writer
Whom God Hath Joined
Movie · Writer
Pa's Medicine
Movie · Writer
The Russian Mute
Movie · Writer
Undine
Movie · Scenario Writer
Lucile
Movie · Scenario Writer
The Woman in White
Movie · Scenario Writer
A Romance of the U.S.N.
Movie · Writer
The Other Half
Movie · Writer
Rejuvenation
Movie · Writer
Into the Desert
Movie · Writer
The Saleslady
Movie · Writer
Love's Miracle
Movie · Writer
Flying to Fortune
Movie · Writer
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Movie · Writer
Now Watch the Professor
Movie · Writer
The Girl of the Grove
Movie · Writer
Star of Bethlehem
Movie · Writer
Under Two Flags
Movie · Writer
When a Count Counted
Movie · Writer
The Actor's Children
Movie · Writer
Young Lord Stanley
Movie · Writer
Not Guilty
Movie · Writer
The Woman Hater
Movie · Writer
Pocahontas
Movie · Story
Jane Eyre
Movie · Scenario Writer