Screen Actors Guild Ball

As the Guild's elegant first ball, earlier in 1934, had earned so much money (and as the non-glamorous "Film Stars Frolic" event a few months later had LOST so much money), the Guild held another ball before the year was out. Like the first, it proved a money-making hit. Performers at the event included Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Jeanette MacDonald, Clarence Muse, and Joe E. Browne. Lyle Talbot ended up as the emcee, as President Eddie Cantor was unable to make it that night. The program includes drawings of actors, advertisements, and the official Screen Actors Guild song: "Stand, Guild, Stand" written by Ralph Morgan's best friend, actor Otto Kruger.