The Mark of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks – Silent
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The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of The Mark of Zorro. Based on the 1919 story “The Curse of Capistrano” by Johnston McCulley, which introduced the masked hero, Zorro, the screenplay was adapted by Fairbanks (as “Elton Thomas”) and Eugene Miller.
The film was produced by Fairbanks for his own production company, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation, and was the first film released through United Artists, the company formed by Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith. The character Sgt. Pedro Gonzales (Noah Beery) was later transformed into Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia (Henry Calvin) by the Disney TV series with Guy Williams as Diego/Zorro, who was renamed Don Diego de la Vega.
The film has been remade twice, once in 1940 (starring Tyrone Power) and again in 1974 (starring Frank Langella).
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Tyrone Power & Basil Rathbone put on a GREAT sword fight.
Probably the best I saw for the time period. And as far as special effects, it was as real as it could get, when it came to the kill. I could almost feel the sword penetrate my chest. lol
one of the all time great films made by Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone shame that there aren’t more like this. hope to see more Tyrone Power movies in the future.