Up The River Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Film 1938-12-02 Twentieth Century-Fox Twentieth Century-Fox film comedy directed by Alfred L. Werker with choreography by Nick Castle and featuring Bill Robinson in the role of Memphis Jones. Chor. by Nick Castle and Geneva Sawyer, with Bill Robinson, and Geneva Sawyer. Card sharks Chipper Morgan (Preston Foster) and Derby Randall (Arthur Treacher) pick the wrong victim on a transatlantic crossing and are arrested upon arriving in New York and returned to their alma mater up the river, Rockwell Prison. Bill Robinson appears in the prison's "variety show." Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Billman, Larry: Film Choreographers and Dance Directors: An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia, 1893-1955. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland (1997). Internet Movie Database: Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/ (). 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.398