The Mark of Zorro

"Here's the picture in which the world's greatest exponent of good cheer and humor gives you a genuine riot of fun and thrills-pep and action-comedy-love-guaranteeing to drive away all your blues."

1920 1h 47m EN

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★7.2TMDB · 78

WesternAdventureDramaActionRomance

Synopsis

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Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

“Here's the picture in which the world's greatest exponent of good cheer and humor gives you a genuine riot of fun and thrills-pep and action-comedy-love-guaranteeing to drive away all your blues.”

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Cast

Douglas Fairbanks
Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro
Noah Beery
Sgt. Pedro Gonzales
Charles Hill Mailes
Don Carlos Pulido
Claire McDowell
Dona Catalina Pulido
Marguerite De La Motte
Lolita Pulido
Robert McKim
Capt. Juan Ramon
George Periolat
Gov. Alvarado
Walt Whitman
Fray Felipe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Fred Niblo
Writers: Douglas Fairbanks, Eugene Miller, Johnston McCulley
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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106 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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ERA

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Part of the "Zorro (Silent era)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery and Charles Hill Mailes carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Here's the picture in which the world's greatest exponent of good cheer and humor gives you a genuine riot of fun and thrills-pep and action-comedy-love-guaranteeing to drive away all your blues.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0011439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 78 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Fred Niblo directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1106 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Zorro (Silent era)" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery and Charles Hill Mailes carry the top of the cast.
4Marketing tagline: "Here's the picture in which the world's greatest exponent of good cheer and humor gives you a genuine riot of fun and thrills-pep and action-comedy-love-guaranteeing to drive away all your blues.".
5IMDB entry: tt0011439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 78 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Part of

Zorro (Silent era)

The first incarnetion of the legendary character, starring Douglas Fairbanks.

Also by

Fred Niblo

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-06
★ 7/10
It was always one of the highlights during the school holidays to watch Guy Williams and Henry Calvin in the 1957 television series of this story - and you can clearly see it's roots in this. A classic piece of action adventure based around the antics of Fairbanks' "Zorro" - a Scarlet Pimpernel style character that couldn't tie his own shoelaces on the outside, but with a secret persona determined to fight for justice and equality in the face of the corruption of the Governor (George Periolat) and the nasty "Capt. Ramon" (Robert McKim). His identity is known only to a few loyal friends; not even his often disappointed parents, nor his would be señorita "Lolita" (Marguerite de la Motte) who see him as a bit of a wastrel - know how courageous "Don Diego" actually is!. There is quite a lot of humour in this, McKim and a fairly hammy Noah Beery ("Sgt. Gonzales") bring some light-hearted menace to the proceedings and plenty of fisticuffs, sword fencing and a really well choreographed cat and mouse sequence for the last twenty minutes make for a most enjoyable feature. Fred Niblo and Douglas Fairbanks were clearly on the same wavelength in this picture - which wasn't always the case between the star and his directors - and their efforts provide for a great film to look at, with the costumes (how hot must they have been under all of that?) and casting looking every the inch the part, too... Short, certainly, but that just makes it all the sweeter.

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