Stormy Weather Nicholas Brothers performer Nicholas, Harold performer Nicholas, Fayard performer Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Clarence Robinson Chorus Dancers performer Film 1943-07-16 Twentieth Century-Fox Motion picture originally released by Twentieth Century-Fox. Stone, Andrew (dir.) chor. and staging, Nick Castle Dances stages by Clarence Robinson and Nick Castle; Katherine Dunham, Fanchon, Bill Robinson, Clarence Robinson; music and songs: Benny Carter, Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, Fats Waller, Nat King Cole and Jimmy McHugh. This is the last time Robinson appears on film. 1. Opening scene a circle of five young African-American children doing a time step around Bill Robinson outside a large estate, keeping time by singing and clapping. 2. Tap cakewalk done by the chorus with Robinson, singing "Camptown Races." 3. Mississippi Boat up-tempo tap dance; Robinson dances in the style of eccentric comedy dance. 4. "Ain't Misbehavin'" eccentric rhythm dance 5. Bill Robinson dances on drums, barechested and painted. 6. "Salt Lake City Blues" "Toot Toot Tootsie" "Tom Tom", an acrotic tap dance that is "primitive" and staged in a club. 7. "My, My, Ain't That Something" a large chorus swing dance staged by Clarence Robinson with tap-lindy-hop step. 8. Tap dance numbers include: Bill Robinson dancing in a circle with juba clapping: Bill Robinson and Chorus, "My, My, Ain't That Something": Nicholas Brothers with Cab Calloway Orchestra, "Jumpin' Jive." With Nick Castle, Katherine Dunham, Fanchon, Fayard Nicholas, Bill Robinson, Clarence Robinson. Dance numbers include "Jumpin' Jive." Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Smith, Ernie: The Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection. The Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History: Archives Center (). Hill, Constance Valis: Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers. New York: Oxford University Press (2000). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.154 Nicholas Brothers (biography) loc.music.tdabio.144 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.12