Liberty (serial)
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.jpg) Theatrical poster to 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 date(s) | 14 August 1916 |
| Running time | 20 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Liberty (also known as Liberty, A Daughter of the USA) is a 1916 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]
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[edit] Plot
Liberty Horton, an American heiress, is kidnapped by a Mexican rebel and ransomed to fund his rebellion.
[edit] Cast
- Marie Walcamp - Liberty Horton
- Jack Holt - Captain Rutledge
- Eddie Polo - Pedro
- G. Raymond Nye - Pancho Lopez
- Neal Hart - Captain Winston
- Bertram Grassby - Manuel Leon
- Maude Emory - Theresa
- L. M. Wells - Jose Leon
- Charles Brinley - Alvarez
- Tom London - (as Leonard Clapham)
- Roy Stewart
- Hazel Buckham
[edit] 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]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Liberty, A Daughter of the U.S.A.". Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/L/LibertyADaughteroftheU1916.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut. "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. pp. 317. ISBN 9780713000979.
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