Liberty (serial)

Liberty
Film poster
Directed byJacques Jaccard
Henry MacRae
Written byJacques Jaccard
W.B. Pearson
Produced byJacques Jaccard
StarringMarie Walcamp
Jack Holt
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date
  • August 14, 1916 (1916-08-14)
Running time
20 episodes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$65,000[1]
Box officeover $2 million[1]
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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]

  1. ^ a b c Wood, Thomas (December 2, 1946). "The Sad State of the Serial". New York Times. p. 51.
  2. ^ "Liberty, A Daughter of the U.S.A." Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List. Retrieved September 16, 2008.