

Bud's Recruit
1918 Directed by King VidorThis 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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Wallace Brennan
....................................................Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)

Robert Gordon
....................................................Reggie Gilbert
Ruth Hampton
....................................................Edith
Thomas Bellamy
....................................................Black Boy
Ernest Butterworth Jr.
....................................................White Boy

Mildred Davis
....................................................Edith's Sister
Judge Willis Brown
....................................................Himself / Commentator
Director
...........................................................King Vidor
Producer
...........................................................Judge Willis Brown
Writer
...........................................................Judge Willis Brown
Scenario Writer
...........................................................King Vidor
Production Companies
...................................................Boy City Film
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
No Language
Genres
....................................................Comedy
Drama
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