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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, [193-]. 'Freeport Boys Club Benefit - Freeport High School Auditorium...The Federal Theatre for New York State Presents - The Popular American Comedy Success - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos and John Emerson - Directed by Louis M. Simon - Music Furnished by Freeport High School Orchestra...A Division of the Works Progress Administration'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.