United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Bromberg, Arthur C.1925-07-17Letter from Progress Pictures Inc. (possibly written by the president Arthur C. Bromberg), to William M. Smith, manager of the Douglass Theatre, dated July 17, 1925, reporting the availability of advertising material for the 1921 North State Film Corporation race movie, A Giant of His Race, and emphasizing the entertainment value of Western feature films. The letter relates that Heyward (possibly a representative of Progress Pictures Inc.) has communicated Smith's complaints of the lack of action in some of the Western feature films and assures Smith of the quality of films distributed by Progress Pictures Inc. Smith is advised to show the films on more dates so that his audience can become familiar with the stars. Smith is further assured that Western feature films are a "cash in" product. The letter appears to be incomplete, as the signature is missing.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/htmldbr014Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/African Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconRace in motion picturesRace films--United StatesFeature films--GeorgiaWestern films--GeorgiaFilm posters--GeorgiaAdvertising--Motion pictures--Georgia--MaconCommercial agents--Southern StatesGiant of his race (Motion picture : 1921)His majesty the outlaw (Motion picture : 1924)Two fisted justice (Motion picture : 1924)Cowboy prince (Motion picture : 1924)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Canutt, Yakima, 1895-Progress Pictures, Inc.Smith, William M., theater managerLetter: Atlanta, Georgia to William M. Smith, Macon, Georgia, 1925 July 17Text