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{{Short description|American businessman (1872–1958)}}
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'''John Rudolph Freuler''' (November 17, 1872{{spnd}}1958) was an American businessman in the film industry who owned theaters, film exchanges, and film studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjHnAAAAMAAJ&q=John+R.+Freuler&pg=PA203|title=The Magazine of Business|date=May 1, 1918|publisher=A. W. Shaw Company Division of the McGraw Hill Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwxKAQAAMAAJ&q=John+R.+Freuler&pg=PA265|title=Motography|date=May 1, 1918|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Biography_Files/indkyvhi2.htm|title=FREULER, John R.|website=www.thanhouser.org}}</ref> He signed [[Charlie Chaplin]] to a lucrative contract at [[Mutual Film]]. Later in his career he owned '''Monarch Films''' studio. The Chicago History Museum has a collection of his papers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-F/Freuler-inv.htm|title=John R. Freuler papers|website=chsmedia.org}}</ref>
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==Biography==
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Freuler was born in [[Monroe, Wisconsin]] and schooled in Milwaukee. His father had emigrated from Switzerland. Freuler studied at [[Spencerian Business College]].<ref name=milw/>
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* How is coverage such as [https://books.google.com/books?id=xCuSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=John+R.+Freuler#v=onepage here], in one of ten sources cited, not substantial independent coverage in a reliable source? [[User:FloridaArmy|FloridaArmy]] ([[User talk:FloridaArmy|talk]]) 17:43, 24 August 2020 (UTC)


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Early in his career he worked in the real estate business. He opened a theater in 1905 and after he sold it, he opened a film exchange.<ref name=milw/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqssBgAAQBAJ&q=John+R.+Freuler&pg=PA432|title=A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture|first=Terry|last=Ramsaye|date=November 12, 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136247378|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1910, Freuler formed a partnership with Chicago film distributor [[Samuel S. Hutchinson]], establishing the [[American Film Manufacturing Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/companies/A/americanFilmManuCo.html|title=Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List|website=Silentera.com|accessdate=27 December 2017|archive-date=6 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106221157/https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/companies/A/americanFilmManuCo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1912 he helped organize the [[Mutual Film Corporation]].<ref name=milw>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkIVAAAAYAAJ&q=John+R.+Freuler&pg=PA170|title=History of Milwaukee, City and County|first=William George|last=Bruce|date=May 1, 1922|publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>
[[John Rudolph Freuler]], [[Freuler Film Associates]], and [[J. R. Freuler]] should redirect here


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Freuler and [[Harry Aitken]], who worked together on film projects, had both grown up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dX0GtdAuYzAC&q=freuler+brothers&pg=PA33|title=Silver Screens: A Pictorial History of Milwaukee's Movie Theaters|first1=Larry|last1=Widen|first2=Judi|last2=Anderson|date=August 24, 2007|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|isbn=9780870203688|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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[[File:John R Freuler - Dec 1917 EH.jpg|thumb|]]
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'''John Rudolph Freuler''' (November 17, 1872 - 1958) was a businessman in the film industry who owned theaters, film exchanges, and film studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjHnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA203&lpg=PA203&dq=John+R.+Freuler#v=onepage|title=The Magazine of Business|date=May 1, 1918|publisher=A. W. Shaw Company Division of the McGraw Hill Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwxKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=John+R.+Freuler#v=onepage|title=Motography|date=May 1, 1918|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Biography_Files/indkyvhi2.htm|title=FREULER, John R.|website=www.thanhouser.org}}</ref> He signed [[Charlie Chaplin]] to a lucrative contract at [[Mutual Film]]. Later in his career he owned Monach Films studio. The Chicago History Museum has a collection of his papers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-F/Freuler-inv.htm|title=John R. Freuler papers|website=chsmedia.org}}</ref>


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He was photographed with Charlie Chaplin and his brother Sydney Chaplin signing the Mutual Film contract. In the 1930s he established Freuler Film Associates, a film production company that produced westerns starring [[Tom Tyler]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCuSCgAAQBAJ&q=John+R.+Freuler&pg=PA158|title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each|first=Michael R.|last=Pitts|date=July 25, 2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786423194|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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Freuler was born in [[Monroe, Wisconsin]] and schooled in Milwaukee. His father had immigrated from Switzerland. Freuler studied at [[Spencerian Business College]].<ref name=milw/>


Freuler Associates set up a Monarch Melodramas division to release action films.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200122020319/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/550b/b6a39c281782748743bec410d3b3d839c52e.pdf] page 174</ref>
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Early in his career he worked in the real estate business. He opened a theater in 1905. After he sold it he opened a film exchange.<ref name=milw/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqssBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=John+R.+Freuler#v=onepage|title=A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture|first=Terry|last=Ramsaye|date=November 12, 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136247378|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1910, Freuler formed a partnership with Chicago film distributor [[Samuel S. Hutchinson]], establishing the [[American Film Manufacturing Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/companies/A/americanFilmManuCo.html|title=Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List|website=Silentera.com|accessdate=27 December 2017}}</ref> In 1912 he helped organize [[Mutual Film Corporation]].<ref name=milw>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkIVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=John+R.+Freuler#v=onepage|title=History of Milwaukee, City and County|first=William George|last=Bruce|date=May 1, 1922|publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>


==Personal life==
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Freuler and [[Harry Aitken]], who worked together on film projects, had both grown up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dX0GtdAuYzAC&pg=PA33&dq=freuler+brothers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVzdfOnq3rAhXN1FkKHXbOAtsQ6AEwAHoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=freuler+brothers&f=false|title=Silver Screens: A Pictorial History of Milwaukee's Movie Theaters|first1=Larry|last1=Widen|first2=Judi|last2=Anderson|date=August 24, 2007|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|via=Google Books}}</ref>


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He married Augusta J."Jessie" Golz and had two daughters. His brother-in-law, Otto E. Golz (1876-1917), was the
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He was photographed with Charlie Chaplin and his brother Sydney Chaplin signing the Mutual Film contract. In the 1930s he established film production company '''Freuler Film Associates'''. The company produced westerns starring [[Tony Tyler]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCuSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=John+R.+Freuler#v=onepage|title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each|first=Michael R.|last=Pitts|date=July 25, 2005|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786423194|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin branch manager of Mutual Film. (Motion Picture News Vol 16, page 3652).

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He married Augusta J. Golz and had two daughters.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
*''[[Beyond the Rio Grande]]'' (1930), presenter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba96661e2|title=John R. Freuler|website=BFI}}</ref>
*''[[Beyond the Rio Grande]]'' (1930), presenter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba96661e2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202145328/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba96661e2|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2021|title=John R. Freuler|website=BFI}}</ref>
* ''[[Take the Heir]]'' (1930)


===Freuler Film Associates===
===Freuler Film Associates===
*''[[The Fighting Gentleman]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Fighting Gentleman]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Savage Girl]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Savage Girl (film)|The Savage Girl]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Forty-Niners (1932 film)|The Forty-Niners]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Forty-Niners (1932 film)|The Forty-Niners]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Gambling Sex]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Gambling Sex]]'' (1932)
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*''[[Secrets of Hollywood]]'' (1933)
*''[[Secrets of Hollywood]]'' (1933)
*''[[Love Past Thirty]]'' (1934)
*''[[Love Past Thirty]]'' (1934)

===Monarch Film Corporation melodramas===
*''[[The Fighting Gentleman]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Gambling Sex]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Savage Girl (film)|The Savage Girl]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Forty-Niners (1932 film)]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Penal Code]]'' (1932)
*''[[Kiss of Araby]]'' (1933)
*''[[Deadwood Pass]]'' (1933)
*''[[War of the Range]]'' (1933)
*''[[Marriage on Approval]]'' (1933)
*''[[When a Man Rides Alone (1933 film)|When a Man Rides Alone]]'' (1933)
*''[[Easy Millions]]'' (1933)
*''[[Love Past Thirty]]'' (1934)
*''[[Twenty Dollars a Week (1935 film)]]'' (1935)


==References==
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John Rudolph Freuler (November 17, 1872 – 1958) was an American businessman in the film industry who owned theaters, film exchanges, and film studios.[1][2][3] He signed Charlie Chaplin to a lucrative contract at Mutual Film. Later in his career he owned Monarch Films studio. The Chicago History Museum has a collection of his papers.[4]

Biography

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Freuler was born in Monroe, Wisconsin and schooled in Milwaukee. His father had emigrated from Switzerland. Freuler studied at Spencerian Business College.[5]

Early in his career he worked in the real estate business. He opened a theater in 1905 and after he sold it, he opened a film exchange.[5][6] In 1910, Freuler formed a partnership with Chicago film distributor Samuel S. Hutchinson, establishing the American Film Manufacturing Company.[7] In 1912 he helped organize the Mutual Film Corporation.[5]

Freuler and Harry Aitken, who worked together on film projects, had both grown up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[8]

He was photographed with Charlie Chaplin and his brother Sydney Chaplin signing the Mutual Film contract. In the 1930s he established Freuler Film Associates, a film production company that produced westerns starring Tom Tyler.[9]

Freuler Associates set up a Monarch Melodramas division to release action films.[10]

Personal life

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He married Augusta J."Jessie" Golz and had two daughters. His brother-in-law, Otto E. Golz (1876-1917), was the Milwaukee, Wisconsin branch manager of Mutual Film. (Motion Picture News Vol 16, page 3652).

Filmography

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Freuler Film Associates

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Monarch Film Corporation melodramas

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References

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  1. ^ "The Magazine of Business". A. W. Shaw Company Division of the McGraw Hill Publishing Company. May 1, 1918 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Motography". May 1, 1918 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "FREULER, John R." www.thanhouser.org.
  4. ^ "John R. Freuler papers". chsmedia.org.
  5. ^ a b c Bruce, William George (May 1, 1922). "History of Milwaukee, City and County". S. J. Clarke Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Ramsaye, Terry (November 12, 2012). A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture. Routledge. ISBN 9781136247378 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ^ Widen, Larry; Anderson, Judi (August 24, 2007). Silver Screens: A Pictorial History of Milwaukee's Movie Theaters. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 9780870203688 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (July 25, 2005). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 9780786423194 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ [1] page 174
  11. ^ "John R. Freuler". BFI. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021.
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