Bud's Recruit

Bud's Recruit
1918-01-18
26
Released

Overview

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.



CastView All Credits

Wallace Brennan

Wallace Brennan

Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)
Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon

Reggie Gilbert
Ruth Hampton

Ruth Hampton

Edith
Thomas Bellamy

Thomas Bellamy

Black Boy
Ernest Butterworth Jr.

Ernest Butterwo

White Boy
Mildred Davis

Mildred Davis

Edith's Sister

Backdrops And Posters View All Images

Bud's Recruit

Movie Comments