John Arthur Nelson

John Arthur Nelson was a director, actor, and writer.[1] Nelson wrote, acted in, and directed more than a dozen short films in 1913 and 1914, including a series of Slim Hoover films in which he portrayed the title character. He wrote pro-labor union and anti-America Plan / open shop book The New Disciple and supervised production of the film of the same name that was based on it in 1921.[2]

He was U.S. Film Corporation's Vice-President and headed the Nelson Film Company. In 1915, he was arrested for misappropriating stockholder funds.[3] In 1916 he was sued for non-delivery of the film Slim and the Mummy.[4] In 1917, he tried to establish Dominion Film Company in Victoria, Canada but officials refused to give him land for the business.[5]

In 1920, he got funding for a labor backed film company he headed. It was to produce pro-labor union films.[6]

He corresponded with Samuel Gompers.[7]

Filmography
  • Slim Becomes a Detective (1913)
  • Slim's Last Trick (1914)
  • Slim Becomes a Cook (1914)
  • The New Disciple (1921), writer and film production supervisor

References
  1. Ross, Steven J. (September 29, 1999). "Working-class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America". Princeton University Press – via Google Books.
  2. James, David E. (May 30, 2005). "The Most Typical Avant-Garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles". Univ of California Press – via Google Books.
  3. Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). "The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry". Routledge – via Google Books.
  4. "Reports of cases determined in the district courts". September 29, 1922 – via Google Books.
  5. Morris, Oeter (August 6, 1992). "Embattled Shadows: A History of Canadian Cinema, 1895-1939". McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP – via Google Books.
  6. Frank, Dana; Dana, Frank (January 28, 1994). "Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle Labor Movement, 1919-1929". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=7k1rb0XT6TEC&pg=PA344&dq=%22j.+arthur+nelson%22+film&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjen7GH8PXkAhVyRN8KHdoXAS4Q6AEINzAC#v=onepage&q=%22j.%20arthur%20nelson%22%20film&f=false
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