Lyrics At the Moving Picture Ball - Bobby Short

At the Moving Picture Ball

Hip hooray
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 players
Turned to cabareters
How they fooled and carried on
Dancing at the 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
Ev’ry girl
A handsome looker
Had a dance
With Mister Zukor
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 the 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