At The Moving Picture Ball 1920

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 09 Feb 2003

Hiphooray I feel delighted
Yesterday I was invited
to a swell affair.
All the movie stars were there.
Oh what fun, the party lasted
Till the break of dawn,
Famous actors turned to cabareters,
How they fooled and carried on.

Dancing at that moving picture ball,
some scenario,
Great big stars paraded
round the hall, They were merry,
Oh, Handsome Wallace Reid,
Stepped out full of speed,
and Theda Bara, Was a terror,
She "vamped the little lady"
So did Alice Brady;
Douglas Fairbanks shimmied on one hand,
Like an acrobat,
Mary Pickford did a toe dance grand,
and, Charlie Chaplin with his feet
Stepped all over poor Blanche Sweet,
Dancing at that moving picture ball.

Dancing at that moving picture ball,
some scenario,
Great big stars paraded
round the hall, They were merry,
Oh, Handsome Wallace Reid,
Stepped out full of speed,
and Theda Bara, Was a terror,
She "vamped the little lady"
So did Alice Brady;
Douglas Fairbanks shimmied on one hand,
Like an acrobat,
Mary Pickford did a toe dance grand,
and, Sennet's bathing girls were there
Each one was a little "bear"
Dancing at that moving picture ball.

Ev'ry girl a handsome looker,
Had a dance with Mister Zuckor
Mister Thomas Ince,
Stepped around just like a prince.
William Fox, and Jessie Lasky,
Both joined in the fun,
Big directors mingled with the actors,
Why the whole bunch seemed like one.

Dancing at that moving picture ball,
some scenario,
Great big stars paraded
round the hall, They were merry,
Oh, Handsome Wallace Reid,
Stepped out full of speed,
and Theda Bara, Was a terror,
She "vamped the little lady"
So did Alice Brady;
Douglas Fairbanks shimmied on one hand,
Like an acrobat,
Mary Pickford did a toe dance grand,
and, Charlie Chaplin with his feet
Stepped all over poor Blanche Sweet,
Dancing at that moving picture ball.

Dancing at that moving picture ball,
some scenario,
Great big stars paraded
round the hall, They were merry,
Oh, Handsome Wallace Reid,
Stepped out full of speed,
and Theda Bara, Was a terror,
She "vamped the little lady"
So did Alice Brady;
Douglas Fairbanks shimmied on one hand,
Like an acrobat,
Mary Pickford did a toe dance grand,
and, Sennet's bathing girls were there
Each one was a little "bear"
Dancing at that moving picture ball.

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At The Moving Picture Ball 1920
Music by Jos Santly
Lyrics by Howard Johnson
copyright MCMXX by Leo Feist Inc.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 09 February 2003 at 16.33
in association with Doug Grierson
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