The Littlest Rebel 1935

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A Film Review : The Littlest Rebel

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Craftily playing both the sides of the north and the south , the script from The Littlest Rebel throws a lot of dialog pertaining to the Confederacy . All cruelty and bitterness has been scrupulously patterned and the Civil War comes out as a misapprehension and misunderstanding among kind gentlemen with happy slaves and an adorable little girl singing and dancing through the story

When The Littlest Rebel was first shown on the screen , the United

States of America was suffering from the Great Depression . Although the New Deal programs of President Roosevelt helped ease the financial and economic devastation , the programs had not completely restored the prosperity or brought a complete end to the human suffering and pain . To the people with the depression-heavy heart , The Littlest Rebel was a godsend . This angelic cheerful film made audiences leave the theatre with the feeling of hope , like they were strong enough to survive the painful and bad times . The Littlest Rebel pacified its weary audience by reinforcing and encouraging black stereotypes as well as by minimizing the disruptive emotions brought by the Civil War

The picture opens just before the declaration of war . The child is throwing a party to all the well-off children of the elites and aristocrats of Virginia and a good sly comedy is then slipped in on the table , and afterwards , when the kids skipped the minuet with refined dignity . The war...