Bud's Recruit

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

26 minutes

Year:

1918

Director:

King Vidor

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Company:

Boy City Film

Cast:

Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)

Reggie Gilbert

Edith

Black Boy

White Boy

Crew:

Director

Producer

Scenario Writer

Writer