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Jere F. Looney was a writer for several American silent films. [1]
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Jere F. Looney was a writer for several American silent films. [1]
He was a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. [2]
Looney is best known for writing screenplays for a series of Alice Joyce films. [3] He is also known for writing Milly of Millions, a melodrama-comedy in 3 acts. [4] In 1912, he was one of four scenario writers to win a Universal Film Manufacturing Company contest. [5] However, he has also received negative criticism in the past as well. In 1917, a reviewer gave an unfavorable accounting of The Brand of Satan's storyline. [6]
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