Dixiana Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Film 1930-08-16 RKO Productions Full length film directed by Luther Reed. Produced by William LeBaron. Featuring, in the middle of the film, Stair dance, to the music, "Swanee River" danced by Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Robinson is seen in plantation garb, atop a flight of stairs, dusting a throne. He whistles and hums as he tap dances in split-soled half-clogs up and down the stairs. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Frank, Rusty E.: Tap! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and their Stories 1900-1955. New York, William Morrow. (1990). Smith, Ernie: Selected List of Films and Kinescopes. In Jean and Marshall Stearns' Jazz Dance (1968). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.154 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.38