John R. Freuler

[1][2][3] He signed Charlie Chaplin to a lucrative contract at Mutual Film.

[4] Freuler was born in Monroe, Wisconsin and schooled in Milwaukee.

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

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

His brother-in-law, Otto E. Golz (1876-1917), was the Milwaukee, Wisconsin branch manager of Mutual Film.