Lloyd Lonergan

Writing

Lloyd Lonergan

Born March 3, 1870 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died April 6, 1937 · aged 67

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…

Known For

The NetThe Net · 1916
The Net
1916
MovieDrama
In the home of the stalwart young son and his mother, the girl rescued from the sea grows strong again after her fearful exposure. Her attractiveness, so different from that of the fisher maidens, has a telling effect on the young man. He asks her, at length, to become his bride, and she accepts. But a few days before the wedding the affianced bride disappears, sailing away with a strange man from the city, who has suddenly appeared. Thinking that his sweetheart had deserted him for another, the fisherman is heartbroken for a time, but gradually the keen edge of his sorrow wears away, and he succumbs to the attractions of another girl, one who had recently come to the village with her father, and who had lived together and alone at the end of the town.
A Modern Monte CristoA Modern Monte Cristo · 1917
A Modern Monte Cristo
★ 6.31917
MovieDrama
This adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas story tells of a man, living in the present day, who returns home incognito and wealthy after having been a sailor for years and living on a desert island surrounded by water filled with pearl-oysters. He revenges himself on his enemy, who had unjustly accused him of a crime he did not commit.
Jane EyreJane Eyre · 1910
Jane Eyre
★ 5.51910
MovieDramaRomance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
The WeaklingThe Weakling · 1916
The Weakling
★ 10.01916
MovieDrama
Rustic Reggie's RecordRustic Reggie's Record · 1916
Rustic Reggie's Record
★ 9.01916
MovieComedy
Little BrotherLittle Brother · 1913
Little Brother
1913
MovieComedy
They were the model engaged couple at the summer resort until, well, until they quarreled. They were members of a crabbing party, and May caught the biggest one that had ever been seen at Cape May, but Jack foozled with the landing net and fell overboard.
Lulu's Lost LothariosLulu's Lost Lotharios · 1915
Lulu's Lost Lotharios
★ 8.01915
MovieComedy
UndineUndine · 1912
Undine
1912
MovieRomanceFantasy
In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.

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The NetThe Net · 1916
The Net
1916
MovieDrama
In the home of the stalwart young son and his mother, the girl rescued from the sea grows strong again after her fearful exposure. Her attractiveness, so different from that of the fisher maidens, has a telling effect on the young man. He asks her, at length, to become his bride, and she accepts. But a few days before the wedding the affianced bride disappears, sailing away with a strange man from the city, who has suddenly appeared. Thinking that his sweetheart had deserted him for another, the fisherman is heartbroken for a time, but gradually the keen edge of his sorrow wears away, and he succumbs to the attractions of another girl, one who had recently come to the village with her father, and who had lived together and alone at the end of the town.

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