Lloyd Lonergan (March 3, 1870, Chicago, Illinois - April 6, 1937, New York City) was one of the most prolific scenario and screenwriters in

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silent film. A brother-in-law of

Edwin Thanhouser Edwin Thanhouser (November 11, 1865 – March 21, 1956) was an American actor, businessman, and film producer. He was most notable as a founder of the Thanhouser Company, which was one of the first motion picture studios. His wife Gertrude Th ...

he worked for the Thanhouser Company based in

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, writing screenplays for over 100 films. His career was at its peak in the earlier short film era particularly in 1912 when Lonergan wrote the scripts for an astonishing 50 films. His sister Elizabeth Lonergan and brother

Philip Lonergan Philip Lonergan (1887–1940) was a screenwriter in the United States. He was part of a family of prominent screenwriters. Lloyd Lonergan was his brother. Filmography *''The Phantom Witness'' *''The Little Girl Next Door'' (1912) *''The World an ...

were also a notable screenwriters, and his mother

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was a newspaper society editor.

Selected filmography

*'' Robin Hood'' (1913) * '' A Modern Monte Cristo'' (1917) * ''

Her Beloved Enemy ''Her Beloved Enemy'' is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring Doris Grey, Wayne Arey, and J.H. Gilmour.Connelly p. 360 Cast * Doris Grey as Sylvia Leigh * Wayne Arey as Enemy of Sylvia's Father * J ...

'' (1917) * '' The Man Without a Country'' (1917) * ''

My Lady's Garter ''My Lady's Garter'' is a lost 1920 American silent mystery film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Wyndham Standing, Sylvia Breamer and Holmes Herbert. It was based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Jacques Futrelle, a writer wh ...

'' (1919) * ''

Why Women Sin ''Why Women Sin'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Anna Luther, Charles K. Gerrard and Claire Whitney.Munden p.226 Cast * Anna Luther as Dorothy Pemberton * E.J. Ratcliffe as Philip Pemberton * ...

'' (1920)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lonergan, Lloyd American male screenwriters Writers from Chicago Silent film people Thanhouser Company 1870 births 1937 deaths Screenwriters from Illinois 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters