Liberty (serial)

Liberty 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. It is one of the most popular serials of all time.

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
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. A print of Liberty was one of the primary footage sources used for the compilation film The Revenge of Pancho Villa.