In 1912, Paul Davis, of the Paul Davis Banking Co., LaSalle Street, Chicago, was a major investor in the group which purchased the Thanhouser Company from Edwin Thanhouser.
Paul Davis
A member of the Thanhouser Company.
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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 81 words.
In 1914, with John Burnham, Paul Davis was responsible for signing The Chicago Tribune to print the episodes of the 1914-1915 Thanhouser serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Once this lead had been established, many other newspapers ran the serial as well. In 1915 Paul Davis lived at 119 Meadow Lane in New Rochelle.
Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “DAVIS, Paul.” thanhouser.org/research/people/paul-davis/