New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-01
FILM RANDOM in
REVEL WITH HEROES
Followers at Screen Club Dance
Tango and Hesitate with
"Reew People.

To the regular moving picture fan-the
six part, special feature, dyed-in-the-reel
"movomaniac" admission to the Grand
Central Palace last evening was worth
many, many times the toll demanded The
occasion was the second annual dance of
the Screen club. which has for It's mem
bers moving picture actors and owners.
They were all present-actors, actresses
directors and big bosses. Nobody cares
about the directors and the bosses. be-
cause they do not count Last evening
the player was king. King Baggot, John
Bunny. Maurice Costello. Billy Quirk,
Jack Standing. Leo Delaney. Darwin
Karr-all the familiar faces were there.
and most of them tangoed. hesitated and
one stepped all over the place. The faces
did not really tango and hesitate, OF
course, but their owners did, and 1t all
amounted TO the same thing.
And the ladies'? All! From one end OF
moving picturedom to the other all the
ladies were there-Mary Fuller. Lillian
Walker, Flora Finch. Anita Stewart Oc-
tavla Handworth. Eleanor Woodruff,
Norma Phillips. and literally all of them.
One and all they left their troubles and
cares-"retakes." water stuff and the
like are only a few of them-behind them
I'm the studio and mixed with the popu-
lace and made merry. They danced
everything but the furlana, and they
would have danced that had they known
how To DO it, Even the Virginia reel was
attempted. but that may have been mere
ly because it sounded like the moving
picture business As for the audience,
they danced or looked on, most of them
circlng the edge of the hall and gazing
at the celebrities who sat. ticketed and
ready to be gazed upon. in the boxes.
The boyholders included everybody ever
heard OF in the moving picture business
and great many who have not been.
For the sum of 81 one bought the hand
some year book Of the Screen Club. bound
in green vellum and containing more
moving picture information than the nov
ice ever thought existed.
The event OF the evening was the grand
march, led by King Baggot. president of
tue tluD, anu MARY AHti. VI TN
quarters OF an hour the entire motion
picture industry OF America grand
marched studiously in all directions. and
when that was over the members OF the
club Joined hands and delivered them
selves OF the Screen Club anthem.
Though Mr. Baggot begged II TO be kept
secret, it must Re recorded that the club
president. who is Mr.. Baggot. endeavored
TO recite the song to the reporter and
broke down completely on the fourth line
Several hours after press time spe-
cially bound autographed edition Of the
year book was sold to the highest bid
der. The reason for waiting so late,
MIR Baggot mysteriously limited, was 10
give club members a chance TO acquire
certain degree Of carelessness, II being
his idea that the book might. in some
mysterious manner, bring a larger figure
under those circumstances. An opening
bid OF 1900 had already been put in.
Mr.. Baggot cOnfided. and about three
thousand Of the same appeared TO him
to be a conservative ultimate figure.
As one of the board members sue
cinctly put IL. the club needs the money
And If the crowd az the dance last even
ing can be taken as a criterion, IL got ~.