Liberty
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]

Contents

Plot

Liberty Horton, an American heiress, is kidnapped by a Mexican rebel and ransomed to fund his rebellion.

Cast

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

  1. ^ "Liberty, A Daughter of the U.S.A.". Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List. Retrieved on 2008-09-16.
  2. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut [1973]. "12. The Westerns "Who Was That Masked Man!"", The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge, pp. 317. ISBN 9780713000979. 

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