Bill Robinson Movies

  • 1938
    Just Around the Corner

    Just Around the Corner

    Just Around the Corner

    5.51938HD

    Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.

    Just Around the Corner
  • 1943
    Stormy Weather

    Stormy Weather

    Stormy Weather

    6.91943HD

    The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early...

    Stormy Weather
  • 1935
    The Littlest Rebel

    The Littlest Rebel

    The Littlest Rebel

    6.31935HD

    Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and se...

    The Littlest Rebel
  • 1938
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    6.71938HD

    Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secr...

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  • 1937
    One Mile from Heaven

    One Mile from Heaven

    One Mile from Heaven

    6.71937HD

    A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

    One Mile from Heaven
  • 1935
    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    The Big Broadcast of 1936

    5.4441935HD

    Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of bankruptcy, Spud is receptive to the wacky notions of...

    The Big Broadcast of 1936
  • 1934
    King for a Day

    King for a Day

    King for a Day

    61934HD

    A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.

    King for a Day
  • 1935
    Hooray for Love

    Hooray for Love

    Hooray for Love

    4.71935HD

    A wealthy young man falls hard for a beautiful showgirl, and her wily father quickly realizes the naïve boy would make the perfect investor for his da...

    Hooray for Love
  • 1930
    Dixiana

    Dixiana

    Dixiana

    51930HD

    A circus performer falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. When the young man's stepmother objects to the wedding,...

    Dixiana
  • 1935
    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

    01935HD

    Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ez...

    In Old Kentucky
  • 1935
    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

    01935HD

    Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ez...

    In Old Kentucky
  • 2004
    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    62004HD

    Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenge...

    The Harlem Renaissance
  • 1938
    Road Demon

    Road Demon

    Road Demon

    01938HD

    At the Indianapolis Speedway mobsters try to bump off a young racer just as they did his dad. Junk yard owner tap dances.

    Road Demon
  • 1942
    Let's Scuffle

    Let's Scuffle

    Let's Scuffle

    21942HD

    "Let's Scuffle" is a short subject -- a single song-and-dance number -- that appears to have been cut from a feature-length movie: to be precise, a 'r...

    Let's Scuffle
  • 1932
    Harlem Is Heaven

    Harlem Is Heaven

    Harlem Is Heaven

    61932HD

    Bill "Bojangles" Robinson made his movie acting debut in this 1932 film, featuring Putney Dandridge, James Baskett (Oscar winner for "Song of the Sout...

    Harlem Is Heaven
  • 1935
    The Little Colonel

    The Little Colonel

    The Little Colonel

    6.4331935HD

    After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Confederate colonel during the Civil War, vows to nev...

    The Little Colonel
  • 1938
    Up the River

    Up the River

    Up the River

    01938HD

    A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently...

    Up the River
  • 2011
    Dancetime Tap Dance History

    Dancetime Tap Dance History

    Dancetime Tap Dance History

    02011HD

    Tap Dance History: From Vaudeville to Film is a collection of rarely seen original film footage from Soundies and short films of the 1930's and 1940's...

    Dancetime Tap Dance History
  • 1985
    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    71985HD

    A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...

    That's Dancing!
  • 1942
    By an Old Southern River

    By an Old Southern River

    By an Old Southern River

    01942HD

    A Soundie with Bill Robinson and the tune "By an Old Southern River."

    By an Old Southern River