Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Eddie Morton akaberekerwa muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, mwanakomana wemuiti wemitambo C.H. Morton, uyo akanga ari muvatambi vokutanga ve"The Black Crook". Kubva munenge muna 1898 kusvika munenge muna 1905, akashanda muDhipatimendi reMapurisa rePhiladelphia, zvichibva zvaita kuti azonzi "Mupurisa Anoimba". Ipapo akava muiti wezvakasiyana-siyana, uye muna 1907 akaoneka paMadison Square Roof Garden
muNew York City muvatambi ve"The Maid and the Millionaire", mutambo wemimhanzi. Gore rakatevera racho akafamba sechikamu cheRollickers burlesque show yaM. M. Thiese, uye akabva ava kukwezva kwakakurumbira mumitambo yevaudeville inotungamirwa naBenjamin Franklin Keith naSylvester Z. Poli.