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OWNED AND OPERATED BY STEEL CITIES AMUSEMENT CO. [COMPANY], INC. [INCORPORATED], BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROLIC THEATRE, BESSEMER, ALA. [ALABAMA]	 	PALACE THEATRE, ENSLEY, ALA. [ALABAMA]
Palace Theatre
AVE. [AVENUE] D BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH ST. [STREET] 
ENSLEY, ALABAMA]

[typewritten text: July 25th. 1927.
Stein Enterprises.,
Macon, Ga. [Georgia] 
Gentlemen:
Since you have taken over the Douglas at Macon, you may be interested in adding more colored houses to your circuit in the South to strengthen your booking and etc. [et cetera]

We have here the Palace Theatre, which is a new houses [house] completed in August 1926 fully equiped [equipped] with 700 seats, simplex machines, reproduco pipe organ, full stage scenery and equipment, electric sign and in fact everything that you could possibly want for a theatre.

We also play the T. O. B.A. [Theatre Owners Booking Association] circuit running same in conjunction with Bessemer, Ala. [Alabama] They open the show with vaudeville. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and run pictures the last three days and we run pictures [deleted text: [unclear text: days]] [added text: Mondays] Tuesdays and Wednesdays and vaudeville Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays, which makes us split the bill giving the show three days in each town.

This Ensley house is for sale and the Bessemer house could probably be bought also, rent at Ensley is $235.00 a month with a lease of 4 years more and an additional option on 5 more years.

While it is hard to go into detal [detail] over a theatre, I believe if you are interested, we can make you a wonderful proposition on this house and am sure you will find it a money maker, especially if tied in with other theatres.

Will appreciate a line from you or rather still would like for you to come over and look the situation over.

Thanking you for an early reply by return mail, I am.


Yours truly.] 
[Signed] [written text: Ben Jaffe]
[typewritten text: Palace Theatre.]