SEPTEMBER 8, 1927
FROM: WILLIAM DOANE
TO: HAL ROACH
L&H PICTURE PREVIEWED LAST NIGHT NEAR RIOT STOP ONE OF BEST LAUGH PICTURES FOR LONG TIME STOP BECAUSE PICTURE IS VERY GOOD WE FEEL JUSTIFIED WORKING DAY OR TWO LONGER TO MAKE IT STILL BETTER . . .
SEPTEMBER 14, 1927
FROM: WILLIAM DOANE
TO: HAL ROACH
LAST L&H PICTURE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD BY REASON OF GREATLY IMPROVED PERFORMANCE BY PRINCIPALS STOP CURRENT PICTURE HAS GOOD CHANCE TO BEING AS GOOD OR BETTER STOP MCCAREY WALKER MYSELF WISH YOUR OPINION OF A LITTLE LATER ON SUGGESTING TO METRO FURNISHING TO THEM PICTURES WITH THIS COMEDY TEAM IN PLACE . . .