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  Guy Williams Obituary - Los Angeles Times
The television series recounted the adventures of Zorro and his alter-identity, Diego de la Vega, a seemingly spoiled son of a Spanish aristocrat.
Zorro identified himself to villains and victims with trademark bullwhip, fl mask, cape and perhaps most endearing to audiences - his signature of using his foil to "make the sign of the Z" at the site of an escapade.
The series followed the family in their sabotaged spaceship as they tried to find their way home from a neighboring solar system.
www.billcotter.com /zorro/guy_williams_obit.htm   (651 words)

  
 Zorro - A history of the series
Zorro, which is Spanish for "fox", is the story of a masked rider who battles the unjust rulers of the pueblo of Los Angeles during the days of Spanish rule.
Despite a series of lessons from guitar instructor Vicente Gomez, Williams never mastered the skills required and his singing was dubbed by Bill Lee, who was also one of the singers of the series' theme song..
Zorro and Son, and they were very interested in getting Williams to reprise his role as Don Diego and Zorro.
www.billcotter.com /zorro/history-of-series.htm   (4554 words)

  
 Review | Zorro: The Novel by Isabel Allende
Zorro is, by day, the foppish Don Diego De la Vega, son of a Spanish landowner near Los Angeles, in those days just a village.
There is plenty of opportunity for Zorro to practice his future career, saving friends from prison and death, and first wearing the fl cape and mask.
Zorro's entire career in California is disposed of in a few pages of epilogue, without suggesting a sequel.
www.januarymagazine.com /fiction/zorro.html   (914 words)

  
 E! Online - Features - Features - The Mask of Zorro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Over the next 40 years, he would return as a cartoon (The Tarzan, Lone Ranger, Zorro Adventure Hour), a spoof (George Hamilton's Zorro, the Gay Blade), soft-core porn (The Erotic Adventures of Zorro) and a TV series (Zorro and Son, like Sanford and Son, only with swords instead of decomposing garbage).
All of the elements that made the character and the Disney series so popular are in place: the humor, the action, the outrageous stunts and the terrific fencing.
Zorro, or at least his mark, can be found on action figures, sneakers, boots, an official Zorro whip, watches, pajamas, T-shirts and bubble gum.
www.eonline.com /Features/Features/Zorro/index4.html   (437 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 /sections/reviews/1831   (1027 words)

  
 Arts Television Programs Action and Adventure Westerns Zorro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The Legend Of Zorro - From Guy Williams To Antonio Banderas - History of the legend, audio clip of the TV show theme song, covers the '57-'59 Disney TV series, the 1990's Family Channel cable series, and various movie versions.
Zorro - The Museum of Boradcast Communications' description and treatment of the history and development of the Zorro series.
Zorro (1957) (a Titles and Air Dates Guide) - A guide listing the title and air date for each episode of the TV series Zorro (1957).
www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Arts/Television/Programs/Action_and_Adventure/Westerns/Zorro   (252 words)

  
 El Dubya - Michael P. Tremoglie - MensNewsDaily.com™
Zorro tells her that a beautiful young woman should be married and have children.
Zorro is a Republican - and a conservative one.
Zorro is championing the cause of the people, rich and poor, against liberals bent on profiting from excessive taxation.
www.mensnewsdaily.com /archive/t/tremoglie/2005/tremoglie050605.htm   (914 words)

  
 Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Zorro, “the fox,” was created in 1919 by the writer Johnston McCulley for his serialized novel The Curse of Capistrano.
The series was meticulously produced and became one of the most popular shows of the Golden Age of Hollywood, sparking a merchandising mania well known to toy and comic collectors of today.
Zorro entered the 1990s with a new live action TV series co-produced by New World Television (U.S.), Ellipse (France) and RAI (Italy).
www.berkeleyrep.org /HTML/CurrentSeason/ZO_history.html   (1041 words)

  
 WORTHPLAYING - - All about games !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The Shadow of Zorro, published by Cryo, will be released in the UK on PlayStation 2 on 8th February 2002.
In common with the movies and TV series, the upholder of the law blows out candles with a single swipe of his sword and can make a candelabra fall on Sargeant Garcia's head!
Zorro can hide in shadows and the sound he makes depends on the kind of ground he is on, the distance he is from the guard and whether he is walking stealthily or running.
www.worthplaying.com /article.php?sid=1968&mode=thread&order=0   (1256 words)

  
 Zorro Cast Pictures - Zorro Cast and Crew - TV.com
The animation style was unique compared to all the other cartoon TV series on at that time.
The Green Hornet debuted shortly after the 1966 Batman TV Series and was produced by the same company.
Zorro (1981) is a cartoon about a man who fights crime and saves the day.
www.tv.com /zorro/show/281/cast.html   (379 words)

  
 Surf.Atlantic.Net!
Zorro — This masked swordsman, aka Don Diego de la Vega, rode the California hills fighting for justice long before Anthony Hopkins was born.
Zorro was first a character in the 1919 serialized novel The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley.
Throughout movie and TV history, this beloved man of the forest has been seriously portrayed by leading men like Errol Flynn, Douglas Fairbanks, Sean Connery and Kevin Costner.
surf.atlantic.net /features/actionheroes.htm   (589 words)

  
 hhh-tv   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Ed), this series is about a talking horse, it aired on CBS on October 1, 1961 and lasted until September 4, 1966.
Phantom was the horse used in the Zorro tv series.
Toronado, the horse from the Disney tv series was a seven year-old quarter horse named "Diamond Decorator".
www.greenapple.com /~jorp/amzanim/hhh-tv.htm   (494 words)

  
 The Society of the Irish Brigade - The REAL Zorro
The character of Zorro, and his alter-ego Don Diego de la Vega, hit the big screen in 1920, embodied by Douglas Fairbanks who created a sensation in The Mark of Zorro, an adaptation of “The Curse of the Capistrano,” which today remains as one of the great classics of the silent era.
Zorro was a character born for serial treatment, and Republic wasted no time in making the twelve chapter film serial Zorro Rides Again, which was followed by eight more Zorro serials over the next five years.
The series, which had the highest budget of any Western to date, was meticulously produced and was one of the most popular shows of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
home.earthlink.net /~rggsibiba/html/sib/sib6.html   (948 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Arts | Arts features | Zorro and me
When the owner of the rights to Zorro asked one of Chile's most respected novelists to write a book about his hero, she was almost insulted.
I'm a serious writer,'" the serious writer explains, sitting in her living room, a picture window providing a backdrop of clouds scudding across the bay.
The story of Zorro was hers to invent, and she applied the techniques she uses for her most intimate memoirs.
arts.guardian.co.uk /features/story/0,11710,1486291,00.html   (1602 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Zorro returning to the screens
Zorro is returning — but it won’t be Antonio Banderas under the Mask.
According to Video Business, a new direct-to-DVD “Zorro” movie, as well as a new TV series, is in the works.
Zorro Productions president John Gertz added, “Zorro is a classic character that deserves that type of commitment, and we believe that this new version will be every successful.”
www.moviehole.net /news/20060209_zorro_returning_to_the_screens.html   (310 words)

  
 Zorro
Curse ended with Zorro unmasking (in the second to last chapter), and revealing to everyone in the pueblo of Los Angeles, as well as the readers, that the Fox was Don Diego.
McCulley would continue to write Zorro stories on and off until his death in 1958, the year after the Walt Disney tv series which made his character a world-wide phenomenon debuted.
Zorro made it to television in 1957, when Walt Disney cast Guy Williams in the part.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /z/zorro.htm   (1636 words)

  
 Filmography // Films & TV // Nausicaa.net
This is a comprehensive and chronological list of films and TV series in which Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata have been involved during their decades-long careers.
TV series are listed by their starting air dates.
The begining and ending dates of the series, the total number of episodes, as well as which was involved and what they did are listed next to each series title.
www.nausicaa.net /miyazaki/films/filmography.html   (684 words)

  
 Zines for - Zorro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
(68 pgs, Digest-sized) Zorro (the TV series) novella by Linda Vogt.
For the good of the pueblo, Zorro is forced to leave Los Angeles - and the woman he loves - forever.
"A Matter of Honor" - Zorro is gravely injured, leaving the people of Los Angeles at the mercy of the Alcalde.
www.knightwriter.org /Z/Zorro   (214 words)

  
 Zorro (1957) (a Titles and Air Dates Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
1-22 6 Mar 58 The Unmasking of Zorro 23.
2- 8 27 Nov 58 Zorro and the Flag of Truce 48.
2-18 5 Feb 59 Zorro Versus Cupid 58.
www.epguides.com /Zorro_1957   (878 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - New stories unmask Zorro's abiding allure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
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.
But Zorro gained perhaps his greatest popularity in a 1950s TV series produced by Walt Disney and starring Guy Williams.
www.usatoday.com /life/books/news/2005-05-02-zorro_x.htm   (492 words)

  
 The New World Zorro - "Swashbuckling never looked so good"
Zorro takes care of her and helps her when she is in trouble.
Zorro's helper and friend: He is a young mute boy filled with courage and always prepared to help Zorro.
Zorro's horse: Toronado is not an ordinary horse; he seems to know exactly what Zorro is thinking and knows when Zorro is in danger.
www.newworldzorro.com   (752 words)

  
 Anime Janai :: View topic - One Piece TV Special
Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zorro, Sanji, Nami, and Ussop are joined by a couple villagers, including a boy named Hamu that blames pirates for the death of his mother.
Like many One Piece stories, Zorro, Sanji, and Luffy each end up fighting some adversary, but as one might expect form the manga and tv series this doesn’t feel particularly stale, and unlike the tv series the battles are not particularly long and drawn out.
The art is only slightly more detailed than the TV series, but this is no big loss, and the music is exactly like the TV series.
www.aniworlds.com /animejanai/viewtopic.php?t=16680   (510 words)

  
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ZORRO LIVES in the imaginations of countless moviegoers and TV watchers stretching from the swashbuckling silent film era right up to today's superhero-saturated age.
Though Zorro might not be a superstar superhero up there with Spider-Man or the X-Men, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone of any age without any Zorro knowledge.
As Gertz points out, Zorro is the only superhero in the world who can be identified by making sounds: the swish, swish, swish slice of Zorro's sword as he carves his trademark Z into whatever surface is handy.
www.insidebayarea.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3612025   (806 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Entertainment - Zorro cuts a dash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Years later, Kane would pay homage to both Fairbanks and Zorro by putting the film's title on the marquee of the movie theater that the parents of young Bruce Wayne leave just before they are murdered.
Zorro lives every regular guy's fantasy life: He conquers evil and, for his reward, is beckoned to candlelit balcony windows.
In "The Mask of Zorro," Banderas' character becomes the new Zorro to avenge the death of his brother, Joaquin Murieta.
www.nydailynews.com /entertainment/story/357988p-305017c.html   (1481 words)

  
 NPR : Batman, Present at the Creation
Watch a clip from Batman, the TV series, in which Eartha Kitt stars as Catwoman.
Watch a clip from Batman, the TV series, in which Burgess Meredith stars as The Penguin.
The TV show (still featured nightly on cable), along with the 1966 movie, may have been all bright colors, tight costumes and choreographed fights with the words "POW!" and "BAM!" exploding onto the screen every time the heroes landed a punch, but it couldn't repress Batman's essential darkness forever.
www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/batman   (1103 words)

  
 The Many Faces Of Zorro at Hollywood Cult Movies
Feature films followed including, “The Sign Of Zorro”, “Zorro The Avenger”, “Damon and Pythias” and “Captain Sindbad” before Guy eased into another popular TV series, “Lost In Space”.
He took up acting and made his mark in a series of Pedro Almodovar films before being discovered by Hollywood with his lively performance in the musical drama “The Mambo Kings”.
One of the movie and TV worlds' greatest heroes is given a 10-sword salute in this thrilling program about the screen history of the masked avenger.
www.hollywoodcultmovies.com /html/many_faces_of_zorro.html   (562 words)

  
 BUZZSCOPE :: Addicted to Comics #8 by Jim Salicrup
Zorro was inspired by the Scarlet Pimpernel (there’s a name to conjure with!), Batman, in turn, was inspired by Zorro.
Alex is also famed as the character designer for the animated Super Friends TV series, which, of course, featured Batman.
McGregor wrote all of the Topps Zorro comics, “The Mask of Zorro” movie adaptation for Image Comics, and the entire two-year run of the syndicated Zorro comic strip, the first year of which was collected in trade paperback by Image Comics.
popcultureshock.com /features.php?id=992   (1430 words)

  
 "Zorro" (1957)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Though Guy Williams is only one of many men who have donned the mask of Zorro, he is considered by many, including me, to be the one true Zorro.
When "Zorro" originally aired on ABC from 1957-1959, it was a smash hit, knocking 5 of the 7 shows airing at the same time off the air.
You may add a new episode for this TV series by clicking the button on the left.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0050079   (415 words)

  
 Zorro TV Show - Zorro Television Show - TV.com
In "The Mark of Zorro" starring Douglas Fairbanks (1920), and later a remake starring Tyrone Power, Zorro proved that he was not limited to novels.
Though thwarted by Zorro, he recognizes the fencing style as Diego's and tries to convince Sgt. Garcia that Diego is Zorro.
It is only with great difficulty - and Bernardo's help - that Zorro manages to decisively beat Castillo in a swordfight while Diego appears to be safely locked up in a jail cell.
www.tv.com /zorro/show/281/summary.html   (459 words)

  
 Guy Williams News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
First it was titled "Zorro Unmasked," then "The Mask of Zorro 2," "Zorro 2," and "The Return of Zorro," before the powers-that-be finally settled on "The Legend of Zorro." And the original screenplay by Ted...
The character was originally introduced in a five-part magazine serial in 1919 by Johnston McCulley.
Guy Williams may not be a household name, but as the masked title character of the '50s Walt Disney TV series "Zorro," he has been the hero of many youngsters over the years.
www.topix.net /who/guy-williams   (270 words)

  
 13abc.com: Britt Lomond has Passed Away at Age of 80
Hunington Beach - Britt Lomond who was best known for his role in the TV series Zorro has passed away.
Britt Lomond, who played the dastardly Capitan Monastario in the 1950s TV series "Zorro" and was a staple on other Western series including "Death Valley Days" and "Rawhide," has died.
Lomond, a Chicago native who grew up in New York City, served as a paratrooper in the Pacific during World War II and was awarded three Purple Hearts and both the Silver and Bronze Stars.
abclocal.go.com /wtvg/story?section=entertainment&id=4033910   (323 words)

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