PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 64, 16 March 1936, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

■ THE LITTLEST REBEL” Shirley Temple was never more I fascinating to young and old than in | “The Little Rebel,” at the I J laza Theatre, where she takes a leap back through the years to the bitter, heartrending days of the American Civil War. The picture is now in its second week, and its popularity continues undiminished. Shirley is the darling of a devoted cc-upie in well-to-do circumstances, and beloved by the slave*? in her southern home. In the midst of a party being given by the little hostess to her young friends, the war breaks out, and her father (John Boles) rides away in charge c*f his company. The Yankee advance ends in the sacking and burning of the home, and the refuge of the mother and girl, still followed by their faithful slaves, in a swamp, where the overstrained woman contracts pneumonia. It is the attempt by Shirley’s father tc- s?e his stricken wife alive that leads to his capture, and sentence to death as a spy. With him is sentenced a Yankee

officer (Jack Holt) who har attempted to assist him escape. How Shirley j saves both of them is a most appeal- i ing bit of work. / ■ 1