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.

Released Jan. 18, 1918 26 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.character-name-in-title, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Boy City Film

Country: United States
Languages: English, No Language