James M. Sheldon, who was associated with financier John M. Burnham, was in 1914 named to head the Syndicate Film Corporation, distributor of the 1914-1915 Thanhouser serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Earlier he was a star football player for the University of Chicago.
James M. Sheldon
A member of the Thanhouser Company.
Biography
Q. David Bowers, Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History. This is the entry in full.
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