United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Cannan, M. A.1927-02-19Letter from M. A. Cannan, office manager of the white-owned, Philadelphia-based Colored Players Film Corporation, to Douglass Theatre owner Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., dated February 19, 1927, confirming a contract for showing a film. Cannan confirms the contract that A Prince of His Race will be shown in the Douglass Theatre on two dates and thanks Douglass for the contract. He informs Douglass that advertising will ship today. Released in 1926, A Prince of His Race was directed by white director David Starkman and featured William A. Clayton, Jr., Shingzie Howard, Harry Henderson, Ethel Smith, Arline Mickey, and William Smith.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/htmldbr022Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Colored Players Film CorporationAfrican Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesRace in motion picturesRace films--United StatesFeature films--United StatesMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconFilm posters--GeorgiaAdvertising--Motion pictures--Georgia--MaconCommercial agents--PennsylvaniaPrince of his race (Motion picture : 1926)Flying Ace (Motion picture : 1926)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Douglass, Charles Henry, 1870-1940Letter: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Charles H. Douglass, Jr., Macon, Georgia, 1927 Feb. 19Text