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]
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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 date |
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Running time | 20 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
| Budget | $65,000[1] |
| Box office | over $2 million[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).[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]
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References
- Wood, Thomas (December 2, 1946). "The Sad State of the Serial". New York Times. p. 51.
- "Liberty, A Daughter of the U.S.A." Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
- 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.
- Rocha, George C. (December 2002). "La venganza de Pancho Villa (The Vengeance of Pancho Villa): A lost and found border film" (PDF). Journal of Film Preservation. Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (65): 24–29. ISSN 1609-2694. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
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