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.

Genre:

Comedy, Drama

Duration:

26 min

Cast:

Wallace Brennan, Robert Gordon, Ruth Hampton

Quality:

HD

Director:

King Vidor

Release:

1918

Country:

United States

Rating:

5.8