Bud's Recruit [174907] Released: 1918-01-18 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 26 mins Popularity: 0.0675 Vote Average: 4.9 Vote Count: 4 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. Cast [7] Wallace BrennanBud Gilbert Robert GordonReggie Gilbert Ruth HamptonEdith Thomas BellamyBlack Boy Ernest Butterworth Jr.White Boy Mildred DavisEdith's Sister Judge Willis BrownHimself / Commentato Trailers