Bud's Recruit

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Bud's Recruit (1918)

Directed by King Vidor

Comedy, Drama · 26m

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.

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Cast

W
Wallace Brennan Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan) Robert Gordon Reggie Gilbert
R
Ruth Hampton Edith
T
Thomas Bellamy Black Boy
E
Ernest Butterworth Jr. White Boy Mildred Davis Edith's Sister
J
Judge Willis Brown Himself / Commentator

Crew

Director
King Vidor
Writer
Judge Willis Brown
Producer
Judge Willis Brown

Details

Release date
1918-01-18
Runtime
26m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Boy City Film