United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Valdosta, 30.83334, -83.28032Stein, Luke1927Letter 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 1927, regarding theater business. Luke scolds his brother for not replying to his last letter or sending a report for a month. He complains that business is bad for all the theatres in town. Luke reports, however, that he did fairly well with The Moon of Israel and had good business at a midnight show. He urges Ben to arrange a Sunday midnight show using a film from the middle of the week or a good inexpensive film, because he has found that it will easily return a profit. Luke mentions that he is coming to Macon on Sunday and asks Ben to obtain a return ticket for him. He asks how Ben did on the latest prize fight and relates that he hopes he can work things out with the Strand to the satisfaction of his family. Luke concludes by asking about Ruth's health, to which he was alerted by a letter from Sophia. H. Rider Haggard's 1918 retelling of the Exodus, Moon of Israel, was the source of the 1924 Michael Curtiz film of the same name. Paramount bought the film for U.S. distribution.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/htmldbr094http://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 31.Motion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconMotion picture theaters--Georgia--ValdostaTheaters--Georgia--MaconTheaters--Georgia--ValdostaVaudeville--GeorgiaBoxing--Georgia--MaconEntertainment events--GeorgiaSklavenkonigin. English (Motion picture : 1924)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Stein, BenPalace Theatre (Valdosta, Ga.)Reevin, Sam E.Letter: Valdosta, Georgia to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, possibly 1927Text