Lloyd Lonergan (March 3, 1870,

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- April 6, 1937,

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) was one of the most prolific scenario and screenwriters in

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. 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 Tha ...

he worked for the

Thanhouser Company The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 1920, ...

based in

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, writing screenplays for over 100 films. His career was at its peak in the earlier

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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 Ellen Mahoney Lonergan was a newspaper society editor.

Selected filmography

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'' (1913) * ''

A Modern Monte Cristo ''A Modern Monte Cristo'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Eugene Moore and starring Vincent Serrano, Helen Badgley and Thomas A. Curran.Connelly p.174 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Eye for an Eye''. Cast * Vince ...

'' (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 "The Man Without a Country" is a short story by American writer Edward Everett Hale, first published in ''The Atlantic'' in December 1863. It is the story of American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during a trial for t ...

'' (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