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I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 19th covering two checks of $100.00 each with interest, to meet your two notes which are long overdue.1 While of course the checks are not money, yet as an evidence of good faith they are appreciated.2 I shall put them through the bank as of their dates, May 15 and June 1, and shall confidently expect them to be honored.3
I am glad to know that you will begin the picture soon.4 I hope it will be a good one, and that the returns from it will more than justify your outlay.
Very truly yours,Correspondent: The Micheaux Film Corporation began in 1919 as the Micheaux Book and Film Company. Founded by Black novelist, film director, and film producer Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951), it was based in Chicago, with offices in New York City and Roanoke, Virginia, and became the most successful Black-owned film company of the 20th century. In the 1920s and '30s, Micheaux produced at least three dozen films featuring Black actors and themes he believed to be of particular interest to Black audiences, three of them based loosely on Chesnutt's work. In 1928, the company voluntarily filed for bankruptcy, reorganized, and survived until 1940. Most of the films are lost.