Putnam patriot., 1925-06-26
LINTON FREEDLEY
 AITTHOR AND ACTOR
s.,,ner Resident of Pomfrei Graduates From Harvard
 Law School
s.po~. ,he Stage and Becomes Sue. eessful Producer

vinton Freedley, who has a fine
 ..',,er home in Pomfret, is rising s-alI sSiI't, toward the top as theatrical pro. ssear His latest production, Lady ps Good" now having a successful pc D on broadway, will be taken to Iceland. where he successfully. staged r,rIs;cal play, Stop Flirting" On ;ss mage of reviews the New Yori T;oss Sunday, carried the following .ls,rh of Mir. Freedley's career as .stor producer and founder:
 Mot the Type"
 aVinton Freedley, eo-producer of Tady. Be Goodp is what the theatre tnows AS not the type Clean cut, 8 typical leading man in appearance, he resembIes nothing quite so much as a voittL not long out of college.
 aFreedley was born in Philadelphia, where his father, Angelo J. Freedley usas one of the most successful corpor- stion lawyers in the City of Brotherly Love that nevertheless has its oppor- tgnity for corporation lawyers.
 "YOung Freedley, after time Tn the nnblic schools of Philadelphia, was ssnt 10 q preparatory school at Groton, Mass.. to make himself ready for col. lege He went to Harvard then, from which he was graduated seven years aep While at Cambridge, he was . quarterback on the varsity football team. during the regime of Percy Haughton, and like all football players be became interested in the theatrical situation in Boston. For two successive years he wrote the plays for the Has ty Pudding shows and played the hero inc in both of them.
 One of Theatre Founders
 "In Boston he became one of the founders of the Toy Theatre, one of she pioneers in the Little Theatre movement. This miniature playhouse was originally a remodeled stable, and A number of noteworthy dramas were produced there, in many of which he appeared. Afterwards 1t was torn down and on the site was built the Copley Theatre, recently occupied by tile henry Jewett Players, who for a tune were the idols of the Boston in- teIIigentsia.
 After he was graduated from Har- yard. Yinton returned to Philadelphia and entered the Law School of the Uuiyersiay of Pennsylvania, a reason abig rare procedure for the son of Il lawyer.
 Graduates As Lawyer, Becomes Actor
 The lure of the stage still held him. however. and he joined two of the dra- mal.c societies of the University, the Plays and Players and the Stage So= cIaty During the day his mind was, 0a= hopes, occupied with the technlcali= ues 0t the legal profession, but the nights he devoted Co the theatre and q contemplation of the art of acting Graduated with honors from the law school, he concluded that he had there by done his duty to the family, and turned his whole attention to the stage.
 He came to New York armed with letters to several managers, and sought chance to act. Managing and pro- ducing were really first Tn hls mind all the time. but he thought, not unnatur- ally. that he would have more chance Co succeed in the worlds most precari- 0as business if he were thoroughly con- versaat with the doings back stage. The first chance he got was with Grace dENAkft NntH Slt h at the Playhouse adapted from the 'FEle- yati0n.'
 Enters Musical Comedy
 "Freedley remained with Miss George during the run of the play. One or two other dramatic pieces fol. lowed, and then he made the plunge into musical comedy. Among the mu- sieal shows in which he appeared were For Goodness Sake and Elsie, pro- auctions of a season or so ago.
 After his apprenticeship Of fve years before the footlights, Freedley decided that having fully absorbed the actors viewpoint he was ready to em- bark on his chosen career of producer. He formed a partnership with Alex. 4. Aarens, and together they have made successful productions here and in London.
 Success In London
 In London they put on a musical play called Stop Flirting with the Astaires as the featured players, which ran for two years. Another English success which has just closed iong run under their management was Primrose which was succeeded last week by Tell Me More. also under their direction. Lady, Be Goodf wiil be produced by them in London when its American run is over.