United States, Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, 30.33218, -81.65565United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Seligman, Mort1927-09-23Letter from Mort Seligman, of the New Frolic Theatre in Jacksonville, Florida, to Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre, dated September 23, 1927, regarding the rental cost of the film The Millionaire. Seligman tells Stein he has received a letter from the Micheaux Film Corporation that reports that Stein is booked with The Millionaire. He asks for confirmation and for the rental price Stein is paying. 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/htmldbr026Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Micheaux Film CorporationAfrican Americans in the motion picture industryAfrican Americans in motion picturesRace in motion picturesRace films--United StatesFeature films--United StatesMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconMotion picture theaters--Florida--JacksonvilleNegotiation--Florida--JacksonvilleMillionaire (Motion picture : 1927)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)New Frolic Theatre (Jacksonville, Fla.)Stein, BenLetter: Jacksonville, Florida to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, 1927 Sept. 23Text