The Mark of Zorro
The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 American silent Western romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of The Mark of Zorro. 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.
Plot
The Mark of Zorro tells the story of Don Diego Vega, the outwardly foppish son of wealthy ranchero Don Alejandro Vega in the old Spanish California of the early 19th century.
More details
| author | Douglas Fairbanks |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California |
| director | Fred Niblo |
| editor | Bill Nolan |
| genre | adventure romance western |
| keywords | 19th century end impoverish jail lobby card magic trick robin hood spain spanish wallace beery |
| musicBy | Mortimer Wilson |
| producer | Douglas Fairbanks |
| productionCompany | Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | silent swashbuckler |