Bud's Recruit (1918)
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.
Director: King Vidor
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Wallace Brennan as Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan) |
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Robert Gordon as Reggie Gilbert |
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Ruth Hampton as Edith |
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Thomas Bellamy as Black Boy |
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Ernest Butterworth Jr. as White Boy |
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Mildred Davis as Edith's Sister |
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Judge Willis Brown as Himself / Commentator |
| Directing | King Vidor | Director |
| Writing | Judge Willis Brown | Writer |
| Writing | King Vidor | Scenario Writer |
| Production | Judge Willis Brown | Producer |
