174907
174907

Bud's Recruit

1918-01-18
4.9
xx 26m
ComedyDrama
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

Writer

Judge Willis Brown

Scenario Writer

King Vidor

Producer

Judge Willis Brown

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Boy City Film