United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Valdosta, 30.83334, -83.28032Stein, Luke1926Letter from Luke Stein, owner and manager of the Palace Theatre in Valdosta, Georgia, to his brother Ben Stein, owner and manager of the Douglass Theatre, probably dated 1926, regarding film scheduling strategy. Luke advises his brother to change the dates for his films, and suggests improvements. Films mentioned by Luke include We're in the Navy Now (1926, Famous Players-Lasky), Hard Boiled (1926, Fox Film Corporation), Love Em and Leave Em (1926, Famous Players-Lasky), The Four Horsemen, New Commandment (1925, First National Pictures), Hold that Lion (1926, Douglas MacLean Productions), Flaming Last Frontiers, Brewster's Millions, No Man's Gold (1926, Fox Film Corporation), and Runaway Express (1926, Universal Pictures). Luke reports that he has booked the "colored singers," a five-member group including pianist, for three days of shows to change nightly. He notes that he has arranged for them to play at the Douglass Theatre and had to promise them that Ben would split profits of an "after show" fifty-fifty with them, since they wanted more than he gave them. Luke mentions that he encloses their contract (not included with this document) and relates that business is good. He adds that Smith, probably William M. Smith, manager of the Douglass Theatre, will know how to change the bookings, so that Ben does not need to go to Atlanta.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/htmldbr090http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 22, folder 223, document 27.Atlanta Film Board of TradeFeature films--Georgia--MaconMotion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconTheaters--Georgia--MaconContracts for work and labor--Georgia--MaconAfrican American musicians--Employment--Georgia--MaconAfrican American singers--Employment--Georgia--MaconEntertainment events--Georgia--MaconBrewster's millions (Motion picture : 1921)Four horsemen (Motion picture)Last frontier (Motion picture : 1926)Hard boiled (Motion picture : 1926)Hold that lion (Motion picture : 1926)Love 'em and leave 'em (Motion picture : 1926)New commandment (Motion picture : 1925)No man's gold (Motion picture : 1926)Runaway express (Motion picture : 1926)We're in the Navy now (Motion picture : 1926)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Palace Theatre (Valdosta, Ga.)Letter: Valdosta, Georgia to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, probably 1926Text