Bud's Recruit

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Wallace Brennan

Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Robert Gordon

Reggie Gilbert

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Ruth Hampton

Edith

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Thomas Bellamy

Black Boy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ernest Butterworth Jr.

White Boy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mildred Davis

Edith's Sister

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Judge Willis Brown

Himself / Commentator

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	King Vidor
Writing	Scenario Writer	King Vidor
	Writer	Judge Willis Brown
Production	Producer	Judge Willis Brown
Department	Role	Name

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