United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324United States, Georgia, Lowndes County, Valdosta, 30.83334, -83.28032Stein, Luke1928-02-18Letter 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, dated February 18, 1928, addressing a problem with showing a film at the Douglass Theatre. Luke relates that he read in the paper about the trouble Ben had with the film, probably Is Your Daughter Safe?. He advises Ben to convince the mayor and other officials to see the picture in order to capitalize on the publicity that he received. Luke suggests that if the mayor will not listen, Ben should speak with Mr. Johnson or Jenkins of the Macon Telegraph or News for help from the newspaper. He adds that Ben should tell the man that the editor of the Valdosta Times sent him. Luke judges from what was said in the newspaper article that the mayor must have been angry, and hopes that his brother came out all right. In a handwritten postscript, Luke mentions that he has enclosed the Metro contract (not included with this document) and a contract for several films (not included with this document) that he considers to be a good purchase. The February 17, 1928 Macon Telegraph reported that both the Douglass Theatre and Grand Theatre, the theater for Macon's white citizenry, were prevented from showing Is Your Daughter Safe? because of its condemnation as indecent by the Macon Better Film committee. Police closed the Douglass under orders of Mayor Luther Williams. The 1927 Chadwick Pictures film directed by Louis King and Leon Lee treated prostitution, the "white slave traffic," and the ravages of veneral disease.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/htmldbr095Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Motion picture theaters--Georgia--MaconMotion picture theaters--Georgia--ValdostaContracts for work and labor--Georgia Negotiation--GeorgiaFeature films--GeorgiaCensorship--Georgia--MaconMotion pictures--CensorshipNewspapers--Georgia--MaconNewspapers--Georgia--ValdostaIs your daughter safe? (Motion picture : 1927)Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Stein, BenPalace Theatre (Valdosta, Ga.)Letter: Valdosta, Georgia to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, 1928 Feb. 18Text