The mark of zorro 1920 is a historical romantic drama and a swashbuckler starring douglas fairbanks and featuring snitz edwards, a star of silent hall of fame. Directed by fred niblo produced by douglas fairbanks. Mark of zorro was the transition between douglas fairbanks early career as a brash allamerican hero and the lavish 1920s costume adventures. March 19 the mark of zorro 1920 april 9 the peach girl 1931. A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed. Rent the mark of zorro 1920 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Zorro films were made in 1920, 1940, 1957, 1975, 1980, and more. The mark of zorro is a 1920 silent adventure romance film starring douglas fairbanks and noah beery sr this genredefining swashbuckler adventure was the. 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 mark of zorro 1940 the mark of zorro action adventure 1940 t. The mark of zorro is a milestone in silent cinema because it was the first of the great actionadventure. Nemy americky film the mark of zorro z roku 1920 rezisera freda nibloa s douglasem fairbanksem v. The mark of zorro is a 1920 silent adventure romance film starring douglas fairbanks and noah beery srthis genredefining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of the mark of zorro.
This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1920 movies 1920. Douglas fairbanks and the american century on jstor. Don diego vega power is summoned home from his elite training corps in spain to california, where he finds his father deposed and the people living in tyranny. At the height of his career in the early 1920s, douglas fairbanks was the most. American silent film the mark of zorro 1920 directed by fred niblo. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit alejandro into his successor, in order.
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