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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

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References

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  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.
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  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