Lynn Reynolds

Lynn Reynolds
Lynn Reynolds
	From a 1920 magazine ad
Born	Lynn Fairfield Reynolds; May 7, 1889; Harlan, Iowa, United States
Died	February 25, 1927 (aged 37); Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Film director; Screenwriter
Years active	1914–1927
Spouse	Kathleen O'Connor

Lynn Fairfield Reynolds (May 7, 1889 – February 25, 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed more than 80 films between 1915 and 1928. He also wrote for 58 films between 1914 and 1927. Reynolds was born in Harlan, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California,^[1] from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Death

Returning home in 1927 after being snowbound in the Sierras for three weeks, Reynolds telephoned his wife, actress Kathleen O'Connor, to arrange a dinner party at their Hollywood home with another couple. During the dinner, Reynolds and O'Connor engaged in a heated quarrel in which each accused the other of infidelity. With his guests following in an attempt to calm him down, Reynolds left the table to retrieve a pistol from another room where he shot himself in the head.^[2]^[3]

Selected filmography

It Happened in Honolulu (1916)
The Secret of the Swamp (1916)
Up or Down? (1917)
Broadway Arizona (1917)
The Greater Law (1917)
The Gown of Destiny (1917)
Southern Justice (1917)
God's Crucible (1917)
The Show Down (1917)
Mr. Opp (1917)
Mutiny (1917)
Fast Company (1918)
Western Blood (1918)
Ace High (1918)
Mr. Logan, U.S.A. (1918)
Treat 'Em Rough (1919)
Overland Red (1920)
Bullet Proof (1920)
The Texan (1920)
Trailin' (1921)
Sky High (1922)
For Big Stakes (1922)
Up and Going (1922)
Tom Mix in Arabia (1922)
Brass Commandments (1923)
The Huntress (1923)
The Gunfighter (1923)
The Last of the Duanes (1924)
The Deadwood Coach (1924)
Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
The Rainbow Trail (1925)
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)
Chip of the Flying U (1926)
The Combat (1926)
The Man in the Saddle (1926)
The Texas Streak (1926)
The Buckaroo Kid (1926)
Prisoners of the Storm (1926)
The Silent Rider (1927)
Hey! Hey! Cowboy (1927)

References

^ "Lynn Reynolds Dead". The Film Daily. XXXIX (48): 1. February 27, 1927. Retrieved September 29, 2015 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Quarrel Ends in Suicide of Film Director". Sarasota Herald. AP. February 26, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
^ Starr, Jimmy (2001). Barefoot on Barbed Wire: An Autobiography of a Forty-year Hollywood Balancing Act. Scarecrow Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8108-3941-0.

External links

Lynn Reynolds at IMDb
Lynn Reynolds at Find a Grave

[TFD3948-1] "Lynn Reynolds Dead". The Film Daily. XXXIX (48): 1. February 27, 1927. Retrieved September 29, 2015 – via Internet Archive.

[Sarasota_Herald-2] "Quarrel Ends in Suicide of Film Director". Sarasota Herald. AP. February 26, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved September 12, 2011.

[Starr2001-3] Starr, Jimmy (2001). Barefoot on Barbed Wire: An Autobiography of a Forty-year Hollywood Balancing Act. Scarecrow Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8108-3941-0.

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