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Bud's Recruit

5.8191826mMovieComedyDrama

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…

DirectorKing Vidor
WriterJudge Willis Brown
ProducerJudge Willis Brown

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Cast · Directed by King Vidor

WB
Wallace Brennan
Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)
RGRobert Gordon
Robert Gordon
Reggie Gilbert
RH
Ruth Hampton
Edith
TB
Thomas Bellamy
Black Boy
EJ
Ernest Butterworth Jr.
White Boy
MDMildred Davis
Mildred Davis
Edith's Sister
JB
Judge Willis Brown
Himself / Commentator

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