The Littlest Rebel

The Littlest Rebel (1935)

America's Little Sweetheart . . . The Dimpled Darling You Love in the Greatest of Civil War Dramas !

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.

Date of release
1935-12-27
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (36)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, War
Director
David Butler

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

The slingshot scene was written into the movie by screenwriter Edwin Burke after he learned of Temple's natural ability to use the slingshot. She was perfectly on target and needed only one take for the scene. Temple made international headlines when in the context of trying to keep noisy doves on the prison set (which the director explained did not belong in war) she asked "Why doesn't someone make Mussolini stop?" Someone overheard her comment…

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