United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Smith, William M., theater manager1927-09-26File copy of a letter (probably from William M. Smith, manager of the Douglass Theatre) to Oscar Micheaux, seminal African American film director, producer, and president of the Micheaux Film Corporation, dated September 26, 1927, negotiating terms for showing a film. The letter responds to Micheaux's counteroffer to rent The Millionaire for one hundred dollars (see dbr027 of the Douglass Theatre Website). The writer offers Micheaux seventy-five dollars to rent the film The Millionaire. He argues that he cannot pay more because of the expense of the paper he will need for advertising, and the low attendance at films relative to that at vaudeville shows. The writer concludes that he hopes the offer is acceptable and details his advertising paper order.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/htmldbr028Blues, 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 picturesRent chargesFeature films--United StatesRace films--United StatesMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconFilm posters--GeorgiaAdvertising--Motion pictures--Georgia--MaconCommercial agents--Illinois--ChicagoNegotiation--Georgia--MaconMillionaire (Motion picture : 1927)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Micheaux, Oscar, 1884-1951Letter: Macon, Georgia to Oscar Micheaux, Chicago, Illinois, 1927 Sept. 26Text