Liberty (serial)
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| Liberty | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by |
Jacques Jaccard Henry MacRae |
| Produced by | Jacques Jaccard |
| Written by |
Jacques Jaccard W.B. Pearson |
| Starring |
Marie Walcamp Jack Holt |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
| Release dates | 14 August 1916 |
| Running time | 20 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Liberty (also known as Liberty, A Daughter of the USA) is a 1916 American Western film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and Henry MacRae. It was the first purely western serial ever made. The film is now presumed to be lost.[1]
Plot
Liberty Horton, an American heiress, is kidnapped by a Mexican rebel and ransomed to fund his rebellion.
Cast
- Marie Walcamp as Liberty Horton
- Jack Holt as Captain Rutledge
- Eddie Polo as Pedro
- G. Raymond Nye as Pancho Lopez
- Neal Hart as Captain Winston
- Bertram Grassby as Manuel Leon
- Maude Emory as Theresa
- L. M. Wells as Jose Leon
- Charles Brinley as Alvarez
- Tom London as (as Leonard Clapham)
- Roy Stewart
- Hazel Buckham
Production
Liberty, a Daughter of the USA was the first purely western serial, although western elements were included in earlier serials such as The Perils of Pauline (1914).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Liberty, A Daughter of the U.S.A.". Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ↑ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
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