Liberty (serial)

Liberty (also known as Liberty, A Daughter of the USA) is a 1916 American Western film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and Henry MacRae, and was the first purely Western serial ever made. The film is now presumed to be lost.^[2] It is one of the most popular serials of all time.^[1]

Liberty
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Directed by	Jacques Jaccard Henry MacRae
Written by	Jacques Jaccard W.B. Pearson
Produced by	Jacques Jaccard
Starring	Marie Walcamp Jack Holt
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date	August 14, 1916 (1916-08-14)
Running time	20 episodes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles
Budget	$65,000[1]
Box office	over $2 million[1]

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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 (credited 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).^[3] A print of Liberty was one of the primary footage sources used for the compilation film The Revenge of Pancho Villa (1930–36).^[4]

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films