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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.

Top Cast

  • 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 Butterworth Jr.

    White Boy

  • Mildred Davis

    Mildred Davis

    Edith's Sister

  • Judge Willis Brown

    Judge Willis Brown

    Himself / Commentator

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.

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