Bud's Recruit (1918)
Synopsis
This WWI home-front comedy is the earliest surviving film of King Vidor, who would later go on to make such classics as The Big Parade and The Crowd. A two-reeler, it's a propaganda comedy involving a little boy who can't wait to go fight against the Kaiser, and who sets an unrelentingly patriotic (and militaristic) example for his draft-age, feminized brother and peace-lovin' mother.
Release Date: 1918-01-18
Runtime: 26 minutes
Director: King Vidor
Top Cast
- Wallace Brennan as Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)
- Robert Gordon as Reggie Gilbert
- Ruth Hampton as Edith
- Thomas Bellamy as Black Boy
- Ernest Butterworth Jr. as White Boy
- Mildred Davis as Edith's Sister
- Judge Willis Brown as Himself / Commentator
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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