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The Mark of Zorro

1920 · US

Directed by Fred Niblo

Fred Niblo, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, United Artists, 1920, from Johnston McCulley’s The Curse of Capistrano. Fairbanks is Don Diego Vega, a fop in California under a bad governor, and Zorro when he leaves the house. Marguerite De La Motte is Lolita; Noah Beery the sergeant. Working title The Curse of Capistrano. AFI notes a San Fernando Valley set standing in for Los Angeles about 1840, and that Harry Uttenhoven, a fencing champion, was hired to school Beery and Robert McKim. Fairbanks wrote as Elton Thomas. The Z is a signature, not a thesis.

Romance · Western · Drama · Action · Adventure

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1920 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons

Video: Douglas Fairbanks / Fred Niblo · Credit: YouTube : The Mark of Zorro with Douglas Fairbanks 1920 - Silent - 1080p HD Film – View/save archived versions on archive.org · Public domain · Source: File page

In The Silent West · American Spectacle

Cast & Crew

Fred Niblo · DirectorDouglas Fairbanks · Don Diego Vega / Señor ZorroNoah Beery · Sgt. Pedro Gonzales

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Cast

Principal players
D

Douglas Fairbanks

Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro

N

Noah Beery

Sgt. Pedro Gonzales

C

Charles Hill Mailes

Don Carlos Pulido

C

Claire McDowell

Dona Catalina Pulido

Marguerite De La Motte

Marguerite De La Motte

Lolita Pulido

Robert McKim

Robert McKim

Capt. Juan Ramon

George Periolat

George Periolat

Gov. Alvarado

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Fray Felipe

Sidney De Gray

Sidney De Gray

Don Alejandro (as Sydney De Gray)

Tote Du Crow

Tote Du Crow

Bernardo

Noah Beery Jr.

Noah Beery Jr.

Boy (uncredited)

Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Boy (uncredited)

G

Gilbert Clayton

Soldier with 'Z' Carved on His Face

M

Manuel Caballero

Villager

John George

John George

Prisoner in Jail

Crew

Johnston McCulley

writer

Eugene Miller

writer

Douglas Fairbanks

writer

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