Bud's Recruit (1918)

01/18/1918 (US) • 26m

Comedy, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Wallace Brennan

Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)

Robert Gordon

Reggie Gilbert

Mildred Davis

Edith's Sister

Judge Willis Brown

Himself / Commentator


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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