Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1918 · 26m

Bud's Recruit

Bud's Recruit poster
Director
King Vidor
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
Crew
Judge Willis Brown — Writer Judge Willis Brown — Producer
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.

Key Collaborators
King Vidor Director Judge Willis Brown Writer Judge Willis Brown Producer
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