The Washington times., 1914-10-09
Hit Psychological Moment When
the Theater-Going Public
Was Ready to Appreciate
Real Comedy.

papers. He struck the psychological
moment, because his accent was Just
what was needed for a society
drama. The manager had the proper
'drawerfng room set and the emo
tional actress and the footman's
pants. but he didn't have q single
British accent In the company.
Morley was hired. AS an English
accent he served his first employer
well. and he was hired the next
season for the same sort of a Job
When nobody was looking. once or
twice Morley really acted He be-
came fascinated with the feat and
acted several tinres-despite the fact
that he was in society dramas. One
day big manager strolled into the
theater and caught Morley acting.
and the next day he received an offer
to join a musical show. He accepted
and started up, utilizing the ability
he had learned he possessed.
Again Morley hit the psychology
cal moment. The comedians with
emotional whiskers, putty noses and
educated eyebrows had commenced
10 pail on the audiences. The humor
was knocked out Of the business of
falling down a long fight Of stairs
about the time the man doing 1t
learned how to do 1t without knock
that time IL had become habit and
he couldn't change his act. And SO
II occurred to Morley how excruciat-
ingly. funny ii would be for a musi-
cal comedian to walk on the stage
looking just like q human being and
acting like human being and sing
ing and dancing like human being.
He didn't tell anybody about 1t, but
one day when he was engaged to
rlay in the original company Of The
Prince OF Pilsen." he tried It. The
seen a musical show comedian raw,
like that. before. Always he had
been served with lot OF fancy
dressing. And they liked It,
1t was hard on the comedian. be-
cause he really had to be a COM
edian to get away with It, That Is
where Morley had the advantage OF
most Of his fellows in the business.
You see, he really Is a comedian
of comedy and has made a careful
study of the way to make people
laugh. He knows every shade of
humor and is the kind Of an artist
who by a look or a simple. natural.
expression of the mouth or the eye
can throw an entire audience into
commissions of laughter. He knows
how to pronounce a phrase In a way
that will bring a laugh and he makes
every character he plays seem real.
living human beings.
From The Prince of Pilsen' he
went to The Earl and the Girl" In
which he had one of the important
parts. Then he Joined Richard
Carle's company in The Spring
Chicken" and shared honors with
the star. succeeding him in the prin-
cipal part. Later he was one of
THE Three Twins" and still later
In The Quaker Girl" In both these
shows he was featured as the big
man of the company and he worked
hard and consistently to prove he
was entitled to the honors that had
come to- him. Now he is the prin-
cipal figure n the newest Of musi-
cal shows. MY Best Girl" and he
has won plaudits wherever he has
gone with II. Clean cut. young and
full of life and energy, Morley Is
regarded as one Of the leading COM
edians of this country and England:
And all of this came to htm-ah or
it-simply because he had the brains
to turn a laugh-provoktng accent
which he had regarded as liability
when he first landed in New fork.
into a irst-class interest-bearing as
set which is negotiable in every
theatrical center in the world