Shirley Temple Tap Dancing in the Movies

Shirley Temple movies featuring tap dancing sequences. Includes the four films she made with the legendary tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, plus "Captain January", "The Little Princess", and "Little Miss Broadway". See also more movies with tap dancing scenes By Title and By Year Released, and By Tap Dancer.

Tap Dances in Movies

FILM: Stand Up and Cheer (1934)
SONG: "Baby Take a Bow" With James Dunn

FILM: "Curly Top" (1935)
SONG: "Curly Top" (Shirley tap dancing on top of piano)

FILM: Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
SONG: "Military Man"
DANCERS: Alice Faye, Jack Haley, Shirley Temple
VIDEO: Tap Dance Video Clip

FILM: "Little Miss Broadway" (1938)
SONG: "We Should Be Together" With George Murphy
SONG: "Little Miss Broadway" With George Murphy

Iconic Songs and Dances

1934 | Bright Eyes | "On the Good Ship Lollypop" (song only) | Video |
1934 | Stand Up and Cheer | "Baby Take a Bow" | Video |
1935 | Curly Top | "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (song only) | Video |
1935 | Curly Top | "Curly Top" tap dancing on top of a piano | Video |
1935 | The Little Colonel | Staircase Dance weith Bill Robinson | Video |
1936 | Captain January | "Codfish Ball" with a young Buddy Ebsen | Video |
1936 | Dimples | "Dixie-Anna" (Note: black Face) | Video |
1936 | Poor Little Rich Girl | "Military Man" with Alice Faye and Jack Haley | Video |
1936 | Stowaway | S.M.I.L.E | Video |
1937 | Heidi | "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" | Video |
1938 | Just Around the Corner | "Happy Little Ditty" with Bill Robinson | Video |
1938 | Little Miss Broadway | "Little Miss Broadway" with George Murphy | Video |
1938 | Little Miss Broadway | "We Shoud Be Together" with George Murphy | Video |
1938 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Toy Trumpet with Bill Robinson | Video |
1938 | The Littlest Rebel | Shim Sham Variations with Bill Robinson | Video |
1938 | The Littlest Rebel | Street Dance with Bill Robinson | Video |
1939 | The Little Princess | "The Old Kent Road" with Mr. Bertie | Video |
1940 | Young People | "Fifth Avenue" | Video |

1932-1933 Films

1932 | The Red-Haired Alibi | Gloria Shelton
1933 | Out All Night | Child (as Shirley Jane Temple)
1933 | To the Last Man | Mary Stanley (uncredited)

1934 Films

1934 | As the Earth Turns | Child (uncredited)
1934 | Baby Take a Bow | Shirley Ellison
1934 | Bright Eyes | Shirley Blake
1934 | Carolina | Joan Connelly (uncredited)
1934 | Change of Heart | Shirley (Girl on Airplane [uncredited])
1934 | Little Miss Marker | Marthy "Marky" Jane
1934 | Mandalay | Scenes cut
1934 | Now and Forever | Penelope "Penny"' Day
1934 | Now I'll Tell | Mary Doran
1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | Shirley Dugan

1935 Films

1935 | Curly Top | Elizabeth Blair
1935 | Our Little Girl | Molly Middleton
1935 | The Little Colonel | Lloyd Sherman
1935 | The Littlest Rebel | Virginia "Virgie"' Cary

1936 Films

1936 | Captain January | Helen "Star" Mason
1936 | Dimples | Sylvia "Dimples" Dolores Appleby
1936 | Poor Little Rich Girl | Barbara Barry
1936 | Stowaway | Barbara "Ching-Ching" Stewart

1937 Films

1937 | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Herself (uncredited cameo)
1937 | Heidi | Heidi Kramer
1937 | Wee Willie Winkie | Priscilla "Winkie" Williams

1938 Films

1938 | Just Around the Corner | Penny Hale
1938 | Little Miss Broadway | Betsy Brown Shea
1938 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Rebecca Winstead

1939 Films

1939 | Susannah of the Mounties | Susannah "Sue" Sheldon
1939 | The Little Princess | Sara Crewe

1940-1945 Films

1940 | The Blue Bird | Mytyl
1941 | Kathleen | Kathleen Davis
1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Annie Rooney
1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Barbara Marshall
1944 | Since You Went Away | Bridget "Brig" Hilton
1945 | Kiss and Tell | Corliss Archer

1946-194 Films

1947 | Honeymoon | Barbara Olmstead
1947 | Susan
1947 | That Hagen Girl | Mary Hagen
1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer / Bachelor Knight in the UK
1948 | Fort Apache | Philadelphia Thursday
1949 | A Kiss for Corliss | Corliss Archer (final film role)
1949 | Adventure in Baltimore | Dinah Sheldon
1949 | Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Ellen Baker
1949 | The Story of Seabiscuit | Margaret O'Hara Knowles
1949 | Young People | /p>Wendy Ballantine

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Shirley Temple Films Co-Starring Bill Robinson
Shirley Temple's most iconic tap dancing scenes were featured in the four movies in which one of her co-stars was tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Those films included "The Little Colonel" and "The Littlest Rebel" in 1935, and "Just Around the Corner" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" in 1938,

Shirley Temple Films with Tap Dancing

Captain January (1936)

The Little Princess (1939)

Little Miss Broadway (1938)

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