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	The Zorro Legend Through The Years
		The first type of Zorro story is when the title character is the original Zorro himself and the story is the retelling of or a variation of the original legend.
		This film starring Douglas Fairbanks has very little to do with Zorro and was mainly a way to cash in on the success of the 1920 film.
		Zorro faces the loss of his family as a group of religious fanatics threaten the statehood of California.
	www.geocities.com /thezorrolegend (989 words)

	The Jujube Spotlight - The Mark of Zorro
		After watching "The Mark of Zorro," I've decided it's time for the return of the legendary masked man of LA, who could infiltrate the coffers of Bill Gates and the honchos of Enron and distribute their ill-gotten gains to the ordinary Joes and Janes of working-class America.
		Zorro is clearly a hybrid of the medieval Robin Hood and the Scarlet Pimpernel (who was introduced just 14 years earlier, but calls the 18th century his home).
		Fop by day, do-gooding bandit by night, Zorro is a model of cunning, wit, good breeding, social consciousness, courage, and derring-do, and is therefore a character destined to enter the realm of legend.
	archive.thejujube.com /M/markofzorro.html (607 words)

	The Mark of Zorro (1920 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mark of Zorro is a silent motion picture released in 1920 starring Douglas Fairbanks.
		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 Mark of Zorro tells the story of Don Diego Vega, the outwardly foppish son of a wealthy ranchero Don Alejandro in the old Spanish California of the early 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1920_film) (574 words)

	The Mark of Zorro (1920)
		The 1920 The Mark of Zorro also outdoes later portrayals of Zorro in its depiction of the hero as a champion of faith as well as justice, and of the Catholic milieu of his native California.
		Fairbanks’s Zorro is well known to his enemies as a defender of priests and natives; as a bombastic sargeant eager to track down the elusive Zorro is told, "Pick on a priest or a native, and — presto!
		The Mark of Zorro establishes the pattern for future caped crusaders with dual identities, notably Superman and Batman, the latter of which in particular was clearly influenced by the legend of Zorro.
	decentfilms.com /reviews/markofzorro1920.html (1027 words)

	the Mask of Zorro - movie review by Mark Leeper - Eclectica Magazine v2n5
		In the story the character of Zorro, dashing outlaw on the side of good hiding behind the guise of the effete fop, was almost a direct steal from the Baroness Orczy's Scarlet Pimpernel, created in 1904.
		The 1920 film was very faithful to the novel, but it revealed much sooner who was behind the mask so it would better show off Fairbanks's talents.
		Zorro was the original "Caped Crusader" of American pop culture and undoubtedly was part of the inspiration for Batman.
	www.eclectica.org /v2n5/leeper_zorro.html (1225 words)

	The Mark of Zorro - 1940
		Zorro arrives at the mission and sheds his disguise.
		Fairbanks used handkerchief tricks in the 1920 film; Tyrone Power gestures with his handkerchief and performs slight of hand tricks.
		When Zorro jumps into the bush to remove the priest's robes, the scene parallels the 1920 film when Zorro jumps into the stack of hay and removes the priest's robes.
	www.geocities.com /thezorrolegend/zorro1940/zorro1940.html (1065 words)

	Film History of the 1920s
		Films varied from sexy melodramas and biblical epics by Cecil B. DeMille, to westerns (such as Cruze's The Covered Wagon (1923)), horror films, gangster/crime films, war films, the first feature documentary or non-fictional narrative film (Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North (1922)), romances, mysteries, and comedies (from the silent comic masters Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd).
		Film theaters and studios were not initially affected in this decade by the Crash in late 1929.
		Their wedding in late March, 1920 was a major cultural event, although it was highly controversial since both of them had to divorce their spouses so they could marry each other.
	www.filmsite.org /20sintro.html (2357 words)

	The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This film is essentially a remake of the 1920 United Artists silent version, The Mark of Zorro, which starred Douglas Fairbanks.
		In the DC Comics continuity it is established that The Mark of Zorro was the film which the young Bruce Wayne had watched with his parents at the cinema, and after which he witnessed the murder of his parents.
		Zorro is often portrayed as Bruce's childhood hero and an influence on his Batman persona.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Mark_of_Zorro_(1940_film) (466 words)

	Wesley A. Britton: Essay on Zorro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The varied retellings of the original Johnston McCully story, and new adventures often far afield from the inspiration, typically begin with the son of a Spanish nobleman coming to California from Spain and discovering the territory is under the control of a military dictatorship.
		Zorro had a partner in espionage--Don Diego is the only one who knows his manservant, Bernando (Gene Sheldon) isn't a deaf/mute.
		A sequel, of sorts, was Zorro alla Corte d'Inghilterra (Zorro in the Court of England, 1969).
	home.att.net /~wbritton53/zorro.htm (4281 words)

	The Mark of Zorro (1920) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Besides being entertaining in itself, "The Mark of Zorro" also provides Douglas Fairbanks with a nice showcase, in a dual role that gives him plenty of good material to work with.
		While other versions of the Zorro legends are now more familiar to present-day audiences, this one is probably still better than any of the others except for the 1940 version with Tyrone Power.
		The 1998 update had big names and a big budget, but it was of much lower quality, glossy and over-played at a number of points, and with too much material of comic-book quality at other times.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0011439 (430 words)

	New York State Writers Institute - The Mark of Zorro Film Notes
		The film’s scenario writers used a very common device of the period: Zorro is a dual character, a romantic, avenging aristocrat by night, and a listless, worldweary fop by day.
		The film is also an extended pun on sexual potency, for while the masked Zorro is a deadly swordsman, his cynical alter ego is, well, limp.
		The Mark of Zorro was a big hit, and he would never return to the old modern dress formula again.
	www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fnf03n5.html (868 words)

	Mark of Zorro
		This film is a romantic adventure set in historical Old California about a hero's dual identity, first as a timid aristocrat, but emerging as Zorro to help the peasants, Indians, caballeros fight the corrupt tyranny of Mexican officials.
		He had made 29 films since 1915 and was wealthy at the age of 44, but his manager Dennis O'Brien warned him that he was losing the growing middle-class audience that wanted more elaborate films and satisfying characters.
		The Curse of Capistrano, was the novel on which the 1920 film Mark of Zorro was based, serialized in All-Story Weekly in 1919.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/filmnotes/markofzorro.html (519 words)

	USATODAY.com - New stories unmask Zorro's abiding allure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Zorro, the fictional 19th-century masked bandit famous for fighting social injustice and for slashing a "Z" with his sword, is still making his mark on popular culture.
		Zorro, which is the Spanish word for fox, was created in 1919 by pulp-fiction writer Johnston McCulley, who went on to write 75 novels and short stories about the fl-caped hero.
		• The Legend of Zorro, the film sequel to The Mask of Zorro, starring Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, is due in October.
	www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2005-05-02-zorro_x.htm (492 words)

	Mark of Zorro (1920)
		Zorro was interrupted, however, by the sound of hoofbeats, for Lolita's father sent a servant for the soldiers when he saw Zorro enter the garden.
		Zorro easily eludes the troopers and returns to find the commandante, Captain Ramon, telling the Pulidos that Zorro should die for threatening women and frightening children.
		Zorro, however, rode in the rear and drew off the pursuing troopers (who had been alerted by Captain Ramon that something would happen that night).
	zorro294.tripod.com /markofzorro20.htm (1232 words)

	The Mark of Zorro (1940)
		Tyrone Powers is Zorro in this enjoyable remake of the 1920 silent classic starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
		The 1940 film further benefits from a more coherent story in which we see Zorro’s origin, as Diego returns from Spain to a California beset by injustice.
		Zorro’s Catholic milieu is again positively portrayed, though with less depth than in the original.
	decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1960 (236 words)

	The Mask Of Zorro
		The Mask of Zorro was filmed in numerous locations in Mexico and in Orlando, Florida.
		Filming began in January and concluded in May of 1997.
		Douglas Fairbanks portrayed Zorro in the 1920 film The Mark of Zorro.
	www.tnt.tv /title/?oid=327370-5340 (245 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Mark Of Zorro (1940): DVD: Rouben Mamoulian,Stanley Andrews,Janet Beecher,John Bleifer,Fortunio ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		A true swashbuckling adventure, Zorro is one of the finest costume adventure stories ever filmed, one that's laced with a healthy dollop of romance and more than a smidgen of comedy.
		Tyrone Power's Zorro is both effeminate and masculine, one moment the picture of delicate and fey passiveness and the next the masculine caballero of legend.
		In DC comic lore, this version of Zorro with Tyrone Power is the movie that a young Bruce Wayne goes to see the night his parents are mugged and shot by Joe Chill.
	www.amazon.ca /Mark-Zorro-Rouben-Mamoulian/dp/B00008LDO2 (1923 words)

	"Zorro" - the 1920 blockbuster hit!
		Based on a 1919 serial in All-Story Weekly, a pulp fiction magazine, The Mark of Zorro is regarded as the true grandfather of the action hero genre.
		Piano accompaniment is provided by Mike Schiffer who accompanied his first silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at Kenyon College in the late 1940's for the opening show of a fellow student's new film society.
		Admission to The Mark of Zorro is free and open to the public.
	www.albany.edu /main/features/2003/10-03/zorro/zorro.htm (297 words)

	Metroactive Books \| 'Zorro'
		ISABEL ALLENDE'S career has been marked by three distinct types of fiction—magical realism, as in The House of the Spirits (1985); historical fiction, represented by the companion novels Daughters of Fortune (1999) and Portrait in Sepia (2001); and smart-kid's lit, like last year's Kingdom of the Golden Dragon.
		But the Scarlet Pimpernel fought for the aristocracy while Zorro fought for the common man; he was an outlaw and almost certainly was modeled, at least in part, on the legendary California bandit Joaquin Murieta, whose head was said to be preserved in a jar until it vanished in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
		McCulley's first Zorro, written for a pulp adventure magazine, was simply a Spanish gentleman in a mask fighting for the rights of the downtrodden Mexican peasants.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.08.05/zorro-0523.html (660 words)

	Amazon.com: The Mark of Zorro (Penguin Classics): Books: Johnston McCulley,Robert E. Morsberger,Katherine Morsberger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Zorro entered the public consciousness and is now a part of popular culture, the same as such heroes as Superman, Tarzan, and The Lone Ranger.
		Yes, "The Mark of Zorro" is a light-hearted, spirited adventure romp, but this hardcover, at 25 bucks, is not a place to start.
		Zorro, nicknamed the Curse of Capistrano and the defender of Old California's oppressed, was still the same vibrant Zorro - dashing, bold, cunning, and intolerant of injustice.
	www.amazon.com /Mark-Zorro-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039334 (1839 words)

	The Douglas Fairbanks Museum - "The Legend of Zorro" Exhibit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The exhibit traces Zorro's origins all the way back to the 1919 short story The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley, and features original movies posters, lobby cards, film stills, and other memorabilia from the very first Zorro films, made by Douglas Fairbanks in the 1920s.
		If you are a fan of Zorro, come learn where the film legend began - and how Douglas Fairbanks crafted this beloved character who still inspires and thrills audiences to this day.
		Exhibit Case in Main Gallery displays many rare pieces of Zorro memorabilia, including original photoplay novels for The Mark of Zorro and Don Q., Son of Zorro, European Zorro photo postcards from the 1920s, original scene stills, advertising and promotional memorabilia, and the original London theatre program book for Don Q., Son of Zorro.
	douglasfairbanks.org /zorroexhibit.html (325 words)

	The Mark of Zorro
		The Paragon Orchestra has brought these scores and films to audiences young and old at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the Ravinia Festival, to the Washington Performing Arts Society at Lisner Auditorium, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria, and around New York at the Tilles Center, and Lincoln Center.
		The Mark of Zorro tells the story of Don Diego de la Vega, the outwardly foppish son of a wealthy ranchero Don Alejandro in the old Spanish California of the early 19th century.
		One 16mm film projector of the type found commonly in schools.
	www.newworldclassics.com /zorro.htm (1040 words)

	GreenCine \| product main - The Mark of Zorro (1920)
		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).
		At the time he made Mark of Zorro, Fairbanks was best known for his peppy contemporary comedies.
		He hoped that Zorro would be an interesting temporary change of pace for him, never dreaming that the film's popularity would lock him into the swashbuckling mode for the rest of the silent career.
	www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=1530 (308 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: The Mark of Zorro (1920)
		Starring in The Mark of Zorro was a historical move for Douglas Fairbanks.
		This, his first swashbuckling adventure comedy, was a landmark success, prompting Fairbanks to spend the rest of his acting career making films in the same spirit.
		In The Mark of Zorro, Fairbanks plays Don Diego Vega, alias the masked bandit Zorro, on a mission to free the poor from the shackles of oppression and win the heart of the one he loves.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/the.mark.of.zorro.1920.shtml (166 words)

	The Mark Of Zorro: Studio Classics DVD Review
		As a part of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s “Studio Classics” collection of films on DVD, “The Mark Of Zorro” is presented in a (1.33:1) aspect ratio to preserve the manner in which the film was exhibited theatrically as close as possible for home video users.
		There is even an outtake from “The Mark Of Zorro” shown in the “Biography” special where as “Zorro” Power slashed the trademark “Z” into the stagecoach seat and then jokes about it possibly referring to Zanuck.
		He died in his mid 40s while filming “Solomon And Sheba” and months after his death the son he hoped for to carry on his family name was born.
	www.genreonline.net /Mark_Zorro_DVD.html (940 words)

	Mark of Zorro Movie (1920)
		"Mark of Zorro" was the transition between Douglas Fairbanks' early career as a brash all-American hero and the lavish 1920s costume adventures.
		The "Mark of the Zorro" movie was remade in 1940 with Tyrone Power.
		It may take a minute or two for the movie to start playing.
	emol.org /movies/markofzorro/index.html (48 words)

	dOc DVD Review: The Mark of Zorro & Don Q, Son of Zorro (1920/1925) - Printable
		is today associated almost entirely with the string of costume dramas he filmed in the 1920s, it's hard to believe that he was already well-established as a comic actor.
		It not only served as the first of a series of films running 80 years and a television series, but its influence upon the comic book characters of Batman and Superman, not to mention nearly every other costumed hero, is obvious.
		However, this film doesn't have the perkiness or vigor of the original by a longshot.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showrevpdf.php3?ID=3510 (1337 words)

	The Mark of Zorro - Johnston McCulley - Penguin Classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Originally titled The Curse of Capistrano in its 1919 debut, this exciting tale achieved immortal fame thanks to Douglas Fairbanks’s 1920 blockbuster film, The Mark of Zorro—a cinematic triumph that inspired Johnston McCulley to retitle his novel and dedicate it to Fairbanks.
		But Vega’s timorous reputation is nothing more than a mask to conceal his alter ego: a California Robin Hood known as Zorro, whose swift blade strikes down those who exploit the poor and oppressed.
		The inspiration for dozens of film and television adaptations, The Mark of Zorro remains a paradigm of swashbuckling adventure.
	us.penguinclassics.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143039334,00.html (153 words)

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