The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Shirley and "Bojangles" Robinson beg President Lincoln to intercede.
Vintage magazines
Photoplay , February 1936
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of The Littlest Rebel
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Robert Windeler The Films of Shirley Temple Secaucus, NJ, 1981 |
Books with an entry on The Littlest Rebel
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Larry Langman and David Ebner Hollywood's Image of the South, A Century of Southern Films Westport, Connecticut - London, 2001 |
Articles on The Littlest Rebel
| Kathy Merlock Jackson and Ray Merlock, The North, The South; Black Folks, White Folks, Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, in: Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller (eds.), The American Civil War on film and TV, Lanham, Maryland, 2017 |