Desc: The Littlest Rebel: Directed by David Butler. With Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley. 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.