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. |
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Running time | 20 episodes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Budget | $65,000[1] |
Box office | over $2 million[1] |
Liberty Horton, an American heiress, is kidnapped by a Mexican rebel and ransomed to fund his rebellion.
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]