The first evening of our double header weekend to celebrate the fifth birthday of the Old Picture House on the weekend of the Totterdown Arts Trail. Come and see the classic movie ‘Stormy Weather’, the story of the original ‘Mr Bojangles’. Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (1878 – 1949) was an American tap dancer and actor, one of the best known and most highly paid African-American entertainers in the first half of the twentieth century. The film features Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller, and Ada Brown together with a host of African American entertainers at the peak of their powers. If you like song and dance 1940s style, this is the place to be.

This classic black and white movie will be introduced with spoken word by Dave Merrick and Natalie Davis of ‘Small Days’, with a brief set of jazz and blues from the period. There will be a bar and snacks.

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