- Collection:
- The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
- Title:
- Letter: Nashville, Tennessee to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, 1927 Sept. 7
- Creator:
- Starr, Milton
- Date of Original:
- 1927-09-07
- Subject:
- Theatre Owners Booking Association
Contracts for work and labor--Georgia--Macon
Negotiation--Georgia--Macon
Theaters--Georgia--Macon
Entertainment events--Georgia--Macon
Commercial agents--Tennessee--Nashville
African American actors--Employment--Georgia--Macon
African American musicians--Employment--Georgia--Macon
Motion picture theaters--Georgia--Macon
Feature films--United States
Dashing Dinah (Musical show : 1927)
Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)
Reevin, Sam E.
Stein, Ben
Liberty Film Company (Atlanta, Ga.)
Lemons, Eddie
Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
text/html - Description:
- Letter from Milton Starr, president of Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), a Tennessee-based booking agency from 1920 to the 1930s for African American vaudeville acts, to Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre from 1927 to 1929, dated September 7, 1927, regarding business relations and possible shows for the Douglass Theatre. Starr notes that he is enclosing a letter (not included with this document) sent to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., African American entrepreneur and owner of the Douglass Theatre, that he hopes will meet with Stein's approval. He reminds Stein about available Ken Maynard films and advises Stein how to secure them. Maynard was a white, Western star during the 1920s and 1930s and is credited with introducing the "singing cowboy" to the Western genre. Starr expresses his hope that Stein will keep in mind all that Starr had to say while in Macon and assures Stein that he is at his service. He conveys that the Lemons Company, a reference to Eddie Lemons' Dashing Dinah show, is holding out for a one thousand dollar guarantee for Macon (see dbr056 and dbr057 of the Douglass Theatre Web site), and that Sam E. Reevin, manager and treasurer of Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.), has made Starr responsible for securing better terms. Starr mentions that he is wiring the Lemons company, and that Reevin will communicate the result to Stein. Dashing Dinah, produced by Lemons, featured Lemons, Homer Hubbard, Rogers and Rogers, Leroy Phillips, Charles Barry, Isadore Price, Willie Taylor, Jack "Ginger" Wiggins, Christina Gray, and String Beans Price.
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. - Local Identifier:
- dbr067
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr067
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dtrm_dbr067
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr067/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- [1] p.
Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 21A, folder 213, document 21. - Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[Note: This document contains typewritten, handwritten, and printed material.]
[printed text:
MILTON STARR, PRESIDENT
[Note: Text letters are red with black outline. The text is framed by black and red rectangles]
T O B A
[THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION]] SAM E. REEVIN, TREAS. [TREASURER] & MGR. [MANAGER]
[Note: Text letters are red with black outline and red underline. The text is divided centrally by exaggerated drama masks entwined in a red ribbon]
THEATRE OWNERS BOOKING ASSOCIATION]
CHICAGO OFFICE
OVERTON BUILDING
3621 S. [SOUTH] STATE ST. [STREET]
MARTIN KLEIN, MGR. [MANAGER] 1212-13 VOLUNTEER BLDG. [BUILDING]
LONG DISTANCE PHONES
DAY MAIN 5530 NIGHT MAIN 4020
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE WASHINGTON OFFICE
1223 SEVENTH ST. [STREET] , N. W. [NORTHWEST]
S. H. DUDLEY, MGR. [MANAGER]]
[typewritten text: September 7, 1927
Mr. Ben Stein,
Douglass Theater,
Macon, Ga. [Georgia]
Dear Mr. Stein:
I enclose herewith copy of letter addressed today to Mr. Douglass and I trust same meets with your approval.
While I was in Macon, I told you there was available a number of Ken Maynard pictures. These have been made independently and never released. You can secure them from the Liberty Film Co. [Company], Atlanta.
I trust you will keep in mind all that I had to say while I was in Macon and wish to assure you that I am at your service at any time you care to call on me.
At the present writing, the Lemons Company is holding out for $1000.00 guarantee for Macon and Mr. Reevin has passed the buck to me in the matter of trying to secure better terms. I am wiring the company now and you will hear finally about this matter from Mr. Reevin.
With best regards to yourself and Mrs. Stein, I remain,
Yours very truly,]
[Signed] [written text: Milton Starr]