 Dixiana 1930  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Luther Reed
Cast: Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland, Dorothy Lee, Ralf Harolde, Bill Robinson, Eddy Chandler, Eugene Jackson, Robert Livingston
The popular comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey star as Peewee and Gaylord bringing comedy relief to this musical starring Bebe Daniels as their sister who is about to marry a wealthy Southern plantation heir (Everett Marshall).
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Just Around the Corner 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Shirley Temple, Joan Davis, Charles Farrell, Amanda Duff, Bill Robinson, Bert Lahr, Franklin Pangborn, Claude Gillingwater
When Jeff Hale (Charles Farrell) loses his fortune during 1929's Great Depression, his daughter Penny (Shirley Temple) must return home from boarding school. Temple's dance routines with Bill Robinson are highlights of many of her films, and this one is no exception.
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The Little Colonel 1935  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Bill Robinson, Evelyn Venable, John Lodge, Sidney Blackmer, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Darien, Harry Strang, Alden "Stephen" Chase
Shirley Temple sings and dances her way through this movie set in the South during Reconstruction following the Civil War.
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 The Littlest Rebel 1935  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley, Bill Robinson, Stepin Fetchit, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Willie Best, James Flavin, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Set during the Civil War, a young Southern girl, Virgie Cary (Shirley Temple), is the daughter of a captured Confederate soldier. Virgie dances (with Bill Robinson) and charms President Lincoln into sparing her father's life.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Phyllis Brooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, William Demarest, Paul Harvey
A talented child, Rebecca (Shirley Temple), wins a radio talent contest and becomes the darling of the airwaves. Along the way, she dances with Aloysius (Bill Robinson).
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 Stormy Weather 1943 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, Dooley Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ernest Whitman, Fayard Nicholas
Romance is on again-off again for entertainers Selina Rogers (Lena Horne) and Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson) in this all-star musical featuring a cast of talented Black singers and dancers of the 1940s' era.
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 That's Dancing! 1985 G, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jack Haley Jr.
Cast: Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr., Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, Ray Bolger, Bill Robinson, June Haver, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland
Music fans will enjoy this compilation of dance routines from numerous films that span half a century.
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Up the River 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Arthur Treacher, Alan Dinehart, Jane Darwell, Sidney Toler, Eddie Collins, Bill Robinson, Edward Gargan, Robert Allen, Charles D. Brown, Irving Bacon, Ben Welden
In this remake of the 1930 film, con men Chipper Morgan (Preston Foster) and Darby Randall (Arthur Treacher) star on the prison football team. When they learn about a raw deal that a fellow teammate (Tony Martin) has been given, they agree to escape from prison and help him confront the racketeers. The plan does not set well with the warden (Alan Dinehart) who has bet a fortune on the upcoming football game and needs his stars to win. The duo does escape, but, fortunately for the warden, they return to win the game in its final moments.
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| 1. Dixiana (1930)
2. Just Around the Corner (1938)
3. The Little Colonel (1935)
4. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
5. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
6. Stormy Weather (1943)
7. That's Dancing! (1985)
8. Up the River (1938)
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