Bud's Recruit

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 18, 1918

Original language

XX

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Boy City Film

Cast

Wallace Brennan,Robert Gordon,Ruth Hampton,Thomas Bellamy,Ernest Butterworth Jr.,Mildred Davis,Judge Willis Brown

Director

King Vidor

Writer

Judge Willis Brown,King Vidor

Producer

Judge Willis Brown

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0421867