Shirley Temple
Virgie Cary
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The Littlest Rebel is a 1935 American musical drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by Edwin J. Burke was adapted from a play of the same name by Edward Peple.
A 1935 comedy drama family film starring Shirley Temple as a young girl who tries to save her father, a rebel officer, from execution. The film features Bill Robinson as her loyal slave friend and Abraham Lincoln as a sympathetic president.
- (1.7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- David Butler
- 1935-12-27
As the Civil War begins, Confederate officer Herbert Carey (John Boles) joins his regiment, leaving behind his wife and young daughter, Vergie (Shirley Temple), in the care of their slave,...
- (9)
- David Butler
- PG
- Shirley Temple
A Confederate officer risks everything to go home and see his daughter.
- David Butler, Booth Mccracken
- Shirley Temple
Overview. Virgie Cary's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his dying wife and is arrested. A Yankee officer takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Virgie and Uncle Billy beg President Lincoln to intercede.
A classic silent film about a young girl who reunites her father and a Northern officer during the Civil War. Read the full plot, cast and crew, trivia, and other details of this historical drama on IMDb.
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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.
