The Mark of Zorro

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1hr 20min

Genre:

Action

Release:

1920

Distributor:

Image Entertainment

Starring:

Douglas Fairbanks, Albert MacQuarrie, Charles Hill Mailes ... More

Synopsis: Johnston MacCulley's 1913 adventure yarn The Curse of Capistrano was given its first filmization in Douglas Fairbanks' 1920 The Mark of Zorro. Fairbanks plays the outwardly foppish Don Diego de la Vega, the son of wealthy Spanish Californian rancher. In reality, Don Diego is the dashed masked-and-caped Zorro, who wages a one-man war to rescue his fellow citizens from the tyranny Captain Juan Ramon (Robert McKim). The lovely Lolita (Marguerite de la Motte) despises the namby-pamby Don Diego, but loves ... Full Synopsis

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	Richard Gilliam, AMG Review The Mark of Zorro is a tour de force for writer-producer-star Douglas Fairbanks and was a primary factor in establishing United Artists as a major Hollywood studio. Showcasing Fairbanks' trademark comic charm as well as his solid sense of physical performance, the dual-personality role was a runaway hit with 1920s audiences. As the writer, Fairbanks supplied himself with plenty of opportunities to ... Read Review

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	Douglas Fairbanks Don Diego Vega/Zorro

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