Bud's Recruit (1918) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

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Story Breakdown

• Production History — Origins and creation of the 1918 short comedy
  • Director Attribution — King Vidor directed the film
  • Genre Classification — Identified as an American short comedy
• Archive Preservation — Survival and storage of the film print
  • UCLA Holdings — Print preserved at UCLA Film and Television Archive
  • Historical Survival — One copy remains from the 1918 release
• Modern Exhibition — Contemporary screening and retrospective context
  • Berlin Festival Screening — Shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020
  • Vidor Retrospective — Featured as part of a career tribute to King Vidor

Directed by

King Vidor

Key Cast

• Wallace Brennan — Bud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)
• Robert Gordon — Reggie Gilbert
• Ruth Hampton — Edith
• Thomas Bellamy — Black Boy
• Ernest Butterworth Jr. — White Boy