Lynn Reynolds

Lynn Fairfield Reynolds
Born May 7, 1889(1889-05-07)
Harlan, Iowa, USA
Died February 25, 1927(1927-02-25) (aged 37)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Other names Lynn F. Reynolds
Occupation Film director
Screenwriter
Years active 1914-1928

Lynn Reynolds (7 May 1889 – 25 February 1927) was an American director and screenwriter. Reynolds directed 81 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, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Death

Returning home 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.[1] During the dinner, Reynolds and O'Connor engaged in a heated quarrel in which each accused the other of infidelity.[1] 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.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Quarrel Ends in Suicide of Film Director: Lynn Reynolds Shoots Himself While Guests Attempt to Quite Him". Sarasota Herald. AP (Sarasota, Florida): p. 1. February 26, 1927. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7pYcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=amQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5080%2C2165575. Retrieved September 12, 2011.