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. ISBN 0691024642 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. ISBN 9780520242586 via Google Books.
  3. Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925543 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. ISBN 9780773560727 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. ISBN 9780521467148 via Google Books.
  7. Ross, Steven J. (3 January 2000). Working-class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America. ISBN 0691024642.
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