A 1920 popular song.
Words by Howard Johnson.
Music by Jos. H. Santly.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- 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
Chorus
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
- 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
Chorus
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
Sung here by Fred Feild: