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

And I liked people like that. And Bill Robinson was the best of all." Robinson died in 1949. It makes sense that he and Shirley Temple would get along so well. She was "Little Miss Sunshine ...

He danced in a string of popular films, including some with Shirley Temple. By 1937 Robinson was earning ... he played his first leading role in STORMY WEATHER, an all-black musical in which ...

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One of the most famous childhood stars of all times, Shirley ... But Temple's films weren't without controversy. She made a string of films with Bill Bojangles Robinson, a black actor and dancer.

GOOD MORNING: Showtime sent Shirley Temple clips in which she’s portrayed (by Lea Golde) in “Bojangles” (the story of Bill Robinson as played by Gregory Hines) airing Saturday. Temple tells ...

The Little Colonel (1935): Shirley Temple Tap Dances with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson Up the Stairs 5. Curly Top (1935): “Animal Crackers in My Soup” 6. Heidi (1937): “Magic Wooden Shoes” 7.