The read
It runs a compact 26m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- King VidorDirector
- Judge Willis BrownWriter
Cast
- Wallace BrennanBud Gilbert (as Wallis Brennan)
- Robert GordonReggie Gilbert
- Ruth HamptonEdith
- Thomas BellamyBlack Boy
- Ernest Butterworth Jr.White Boy
- Mildred DavisEdith's Sister
- Judge Willis BrownHimself / Commentator