It depicted Temple dancing with a Black actor: Bill Robinson. NPR says their dance ... According to the book Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History, Temple said the scene was cut when the film ...

When Shirley Temple Black died earlier ... scenes in American movie history: the staircase dance that Temple performed with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the 1935 movie The Little Colonel.

Child star Shirley Temple Black’s life may ... her on-screen relationship with tap dance master Bill “Bojangles” Robinson is one of her most enduring. Numerous obituaries never fail to ...

In this iconic staircase number, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson tutors Shirley Temple in the art of tap. This scene is less about showcasing tap dance as an art form, and more about showcasing two ...

the tap dance legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, said to have been born on that date in 1878. Robinson may be best known for appearing alongside Shirley Temple in movies, but long before ...

Bill Robinson - "Mr. Bojangles" - is a name synonymous with tap dancing ... because of the roles he played in three Shirley Temple movies - a smiling, dancing servant. But that was the polar ...

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His first film role came in 1930 with Dixiana, a film that had a predominantly white cast, and he teamed up in later movies with the likes of Shirley Temple. Robinson’s partnership with the six ...

I’ve been a fan of tap dancing since I was a kid watching stars like Ruby Keeler, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Shirley Temple and James Cagney in old movies before I discovered the even ...