Liberty (serial)
1916 film
- August 14, 1916 (1916-08-14)
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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]
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c 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 (65). Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film: 24–29. ISSN 1609-2694. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty (serial).
- Liberty at IMDb
- Liberty, a Daughter of the USA at AllMovie
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- The Harvest of Hate (1929)
- Smilin' Guns (1929)
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- The Lightning Express (1930)
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- The Lost Special (1932)
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