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The Mark of Zorro (1920)

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Film details

Featuring

Douglas Fairbanks Sr Noah Beery Charles Hill Mailes
Director

Fred Niblo
Country

USA
Year

1920
Genres

Crime Western Romance
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

California, 1840. Don Diego Vega, a nobleman, disguises himself as Zorro. As Don Diego, he marries Senorita Lolita but she falls in love with Zorro after he rescues her from the clutches of Captain Juan Ramon. Only in the final moments of the film does she realise that Zorro and Don Diego are one and the same.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Zorro/Don Diego Vega
    
    Douglas Fairbanks Sr
  - Sergeant Pedro
    
    Noah Beery
  - Don Carlos Pulido
    
    Charles Hill Mailes
  - Donna Catalina
    
    Claire Mcdowell
  - Senorita Lolita
    
    Marguerite De La Motte
  - Captain Juan Ramon
    
    Robert Mckim
  - Governor Alvarado
    
    George Periolat
  - Fray Felipe
    
    Walt Whitman
  - Don Alejandro
    
    Sidney De Grey
  - Bernardo
    
    Tote Du Crow
  - boy
    
    Noah Beery Jr
  - .
    
    Charles Belcher
  - .
    
    Albert Macquarrie
  - .
    
    Charles Stevens
  - .
    
    John Winn
Credits
- Direction:
  - Fred Niblo
  - [Director of Final Chase Scene]
    
    Theodore Reed
  - Theodore Reed
  Production:
  Writing:
  - Douglas Fairbanks Sr
  - Based on 'The Curse of Capistrano' by
    
    Johnston McCulley
  Photography:
  - Camera
    
    William Mcgann
  - Camera
    
    Harry Thorpe
  Design:
  - Edward M. Langley
  Consultant:
  - [Fencing Instructor]
    
    Henri Uyttenhove

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