United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993Kobee, M.1924-05-26Letter from the manager of the Standard Film Company (M. Kobee?) to the gentlemen of the Douglass Theatre, dated May 26th, 1924, regarding a delivery of films. The letter describes the contents of a delivery of single-reel African American comedies for the month of June 1924, including Janitor, Black and Tan Mix Up, Bully, and Black Sherlock Holmes. All four films were produced by the white-owned, Chicago-based Ebony Film Company in 1918.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.image/jpegtext/htmldbr013Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Ebony Film Corp.African Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesRace in motion picturesRace films--United StatesMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconComedy films--United StatesAfrican American comedians--United StatesBlack Sherlock Holmes (Motion picture : 1918)Black and tan mix up (Motion picture : 1918)Bully (Motion picture : 1918)Janitor (Motion picture : 1921)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Standard Film Company (Marietta, Ga.)Letter: Atlanta, Georgia to Douglass Theatre, Macon, Georgia, 1924 May 26Text