Bill Robinson Movies
- 1938
Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner5.51938HD
Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.
- 1943
Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather6.91943HD
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early...
- 1935
The Littlest Rebel
The Littlest Rebel6.31935HD
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...
- 1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm6.71938HD
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...
- 1937
One Mile from Heaven
One Mile from Heaven6.71937HD
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
- 1935
The Big Broadcast of 1936
The Big Broadcast of 19365.4441935HD
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...
- 1934
King for a Day
King for a Day61934HD
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.
- 1935
Hooray for Love
Hooray for Love4.71935HD
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...
- 1930
Dixiana
Dixiana51930HD
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,...
- 1935
In Old Kentucky
In Old Kentucky01935HD
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ez...
- 1935
In Old Kentucky
In Old Kentucky01935HD
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ez...
- 2004
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance62004HD
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenge...
- 1938
Road Demon
Road Demon01938HD
At the Indianapolis Speedway mobsters try to bump off a young racer just as they did his dad. Junk yard owner tap dances.
- 1942
Let's Scuffle
Let's Scuffle21942HD
"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...
- 1932
Harlem Is Heaven
Harlem Is Heaven61932HD
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson made his movie acting debut in this 1932 film, featuring Putney Dandridge, James Baskett (Oscar winner for "Song of the Sout...
- 1935
The Little Colonel
The Little Colonel6.4331935HD
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...
- 1938
Up the River
Up the River01938HD
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently...
- 2011
Dancetime Tap Dance History
Dancetime Tap Dance History02011HD
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...
- 1985
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...
- 1942
By an Old Southern River
By an Old Southern River01942HD
A Soundie with Bill Robinson and the tune "By an Old Southern River."