Lloyd Lonergan
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.
Crew
A Woman's Loyalty
Scenario Writer
The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Writer
Whom God Hath Joined
Writer
The Woman in White
Scenario Writer
A Romance of the U.S.N.
Writer
While Baby Slept
Director, Writer
Peggy's Invitation
Scenario Writer
The Actor's Children
Writer
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Writer
Clarence Cheats at Croquet
Writer
Now Watch the Professor
Writer
When the Studio Burned
Writer
The Marvelous Marathoner
Writer
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Writer
Joseph in the Land of Egypt
Writer
The Farmer's Daughters
Writer
The Girl of the Grove
Writer
The Mohammedan's Conspiracy
Writer
From Wash to Washington
Writer
Mary Lawson's Secret
Writer
A Modern Monte Cristo
Writer
The Million Dollar Mystery
Screenplay
Toodles, Tom and Trouble
Writer
Nine Points of the Law
Editor
The Weakling
Scenario Writer
Beaten at the Bath
Scenario Writer
Reforming Rubbering Rosie
Scenario Writer
Belinda's Bridal Breakfast
Scenario Writer
Bill Bunks the Bandit
Scenario Writer
The Villainous Vegetable Vender
Scenario Writer
Lulu's Lost Lotharios
Scenario Writer
The Cruise of Fate
Scenario Writer
Lucky Larry's Lady Love
Scenario Writer
The Optimistic Oriental Occults
Scenario Writer
Hannah's Hen-Pecked Husband
Scenario Writer
Superstitious Sammy
Scenario Writer
Weary Walker's Woes
Scenario Writer
Glorianna's Getaway
Scenario Writer
Simple Simon's Schooling
Scenario Writer
The Overworked Oversea Overseer
Scenario Writer
Oscar, the Oyster Opener
Scenario Writer
Rustic Reggie's Record
Scenario Writer
Booming the Boxing Business
Scenario Writer
Pete's Persian Princess
Scenario Writer
Grace's Gorgeous Gowns
Scenario Writer
Hilda's Husky Helper
Scenario Writer
Minnie, the Mean Manicurist
Scenario Writer
A Cunning Canal Boat Cupid
Scenario Writer
The Film Favorite's Finish
Scenario Writer
Clarissa's Charming Calf
Scenario Writer
Freddie, the Fake Fisherman
Scenario Writer
Hattie, the Hair Heiress
Scenario Writer
Busted, But Benevolent
Scenario Writer
A Perplexing Pickle Puzzle
Scenario Writer
Gustav Gebhardt's Gutter Band
Scenario Writer
Pansy's Prison Pies
Scenario Writer
A Debut in the Secret Service
Scenario Writer
The Bubbles in the Glass
Scenario Writer
The Lurking Peril
Story, Scenario Writer
Why Women Sin
Screenplay, Story
The Man Without a Country
Writer
