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I have your letters in regard to the two notes which areof one hundred dollars each, and being the amount still due on the Motion Picture Rights1 for the "House Behind the Cedars",2 and have just returned from Florida where owing to the hatred that exists among our people and the white people, I was compelled to change my plans with regard to producing the pictures down there--not caring to subject our ladies to possible insult which we are most likely to encounter,3 and I am sending you this letter from the Studio where on tomorrow we begin the producing of "The Dungeon", being the first of a series of six pictures we are going to produce here, including your story.4
I am compelled to ask you to give us until about April 15 before making remittance, as it will take everything we have in the way of cash to complete this production, which will be through in three weeks, after which you may expect your check on these deferred payments.5
Regretting that I have been compelled to delay payments of the same, but assuring you that you may expect consideration as set forth above, we are
Very truly yours, Oscar Micheaux OM/EHCorrespondent: Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) was a Black American writer and film director known for his films about race and racism. Originally from Illinois, he began his career as a novelist and later founded the Micheaux Film and Book Company (ultimately renamed Micheaux Film Corporation) in 1919. He first adapted his early novel The Homesteader to film, and directed and produced over three dozen films in the 1920s and 30s, typically writing the scripts as well as overseeing the low-budget production and distribution of the films. Several of his films were loosely based on the works of Black authors, including Chesnutt. After the demise of his company in 1940, Micheaux founded a publishing business and wrote several more novels.