10K views · 817 reactions | Bill Robinson in Stormy Weather (1943)! #happybirthdaybillrobinson #Repost @vintagemoviestars ・・・ Bill "Bojangles" Robinson performing the sand dance in Stormy Weather, 1943. • • • #billrobinson #oldhollywood #classichollywood #goldenage #goldenera #history #nostalgia #vintage #retro #movie #film #cinema #dance #1940s #40s | Operation: Tap | Facebook

10K views · 285 reactions | The Little Colonel, 1935 The famous stair dance made Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Shirley Temple the first interracial dance pairing in Hollywood history. Temple said in an interview that he taught her “to feel the beat, rather than count it out.” • via Instagram.com/invsout | FilmFreeway | Facebook

690K views · 24K reactions | Bill "Bojangles" Robinson teaches Shirley Temple his signature stair dance in this scene from The Little Colonel | Tap Dance Community | Facebook

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Shirley Temple in the 1938 film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm represent one of the most extraordinary partnerships in the history of tap dance and classic American cinema. In tap history, there are names so revered they approach myth. Legends whose skill set the standard for the generations that followed. Bill Robinson was one of those rare figures — the gold standard. The dancer’s dancer. Icons such as Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, the Nic