Robinson s unique sound came from using wooden taps. His direct claim to fame would be the creation of his famous "stair dance," which involved tapping up and down a flight of stairs both backwards and forwards.
Photo courtesy Dan Perkins
Photo courtesy Dan Perkins
Courtesy of Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
Women swooned over matinee idol John Boles, who appeared as a handsome suave lover on the silver screen with the most glamorous ladies in Hollywood â his mentor Gloria Swanson, Claire Trevor, Joan Bennett, Lupe Velez, Ida Lupino, Margaret Sullavan, Dixie Lee (Mrs. Bing Crosby), Gloria Stuart (who came out of retirement for âTitanicâ in 1997), Loretta Young, Rosalind Russell in the well-reviewed âCraigâs Wife,â Irene Dunne (who costarred with Boles in âBack Streetâ and âThe Age of Innocenceâ) and iconic actress Barbara Stanwyck in âA Message to Garciaâ and âStella Dallas.â
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