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 American

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. A brother-in-law of

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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 Thanhouser, Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New Yo ...

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 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'' (1917) * '' Her Beloved Enemy'' (1917) * '' The Man Without a Country'' (1917) * '' My Lady's Garter'' (1919) * '' Why Women Sin'' (1920)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lonergan, Lloyd American male screenwriters Screenwriters from Chicago People of the silent film era Thanhouser Company 1870 births 1937 deaths 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters