United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Smith, William M., theater manager1927-09-20File copy of a letter (possibly from William M. Smith, manager of the Douglass Theatre) to Oscar Micheaux, president of the Micheaux Film Corporation, dated September 20, 1927, negotiating terms for showing a film. The letter refers to rental of The Millionaire (see dbr027, dbr028, and dbr029 of the Douglass Theatre Web site). The writer explains that it will impossible for him to play Micheaux's picture on percentage because they are playing vaudeville. He offers Micheaux seventy-five dollars for two days, mentioning that business is off. The Millionaire, released in 1927, starred Grace Smith, J. Lawrence Criner, Lionel Monagas, Cleo Desmond, Samuel T. Jacks, E. G. Tatum, and Chicago Defender editor Robert S. Abbott.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/htmldbr025Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Micheaux Film CorporationMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconMotion picture industryAfrican Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesRace in motion picturesCommercial agents--Illinois--ChicagoFilm posters--GeorgiaAdvertising--Motion pictures--Georgia--MaconNegotiation--Georgia--MaconFeature films--United StatesRace films--United StatesMillionaire (Motion picture : 1927)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951Letter: Macon, Georgia to Oscar Micheaux, Chicago, Illinois, 1927 Sept. 20Text