The Mark of Zorro
(1920) American
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Fred Niblo

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [Don Diego Vega / Señor Zorro], Marguerite de la Motte [Lolita], Noah Beery [Sergeant Pedro], Robert McKim [Captain Juan Ramon], Charles Hill Mailes (Charles H. Mailes) [Don Carlos Pulido], Claire McDowell [Dona Catalina, his wife], George Periolat [Governor Alvarado], Walt Whitman [Fra Felipe], Sidney De Grey [Don Alejandro], Tote du Crow [Bernardo], Noah Beery Jr., Charles Belcher, Albert McQuarrie, Charles Stevens, John Winn, Gilbert Clayton

Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Douglas Fairbanks. Scenario by Eugene Miller, from an adaptation by Elton Thomas (Douglas Fairbanks) of the short story “The Curse of Capistrano” by Johnston McCulley. Art direction by Edward Langley. Assistant director Theodore Reed. Cinematography by William McGann and Harry Thorpe. / © 22 November 1920 by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation [LP15847]. Released 5 December 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: The Curse of Capistrano.

Drama: Historical: Adventure.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2821.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Em Gee Film Library film collection [16mm reduction positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - USA: California - Weapons: Swords

Listing updated: 13 October 2006.

References: Film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.2821; Bardèche-History pp. 212, 285; Bohn-Light p. 98; Brownlow-Parade pp. 248, 414; Carroll-Matinee pp. 104-105; Edmonds-BigU pp. 109, 131; Everson-American pp. 155-156, 182g; Fell-History p. 85; Kerr-Silent pp. 10, 31; Lahue-Collecting p. 16; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 82; Leish-Cinema p. 55; Limbacher-Feature p. 155; Maltin-Guide p. 806; Parish-Glamour p. 181; Shipman-Cinema p. 70; Shirley-Australian p. 49; Sklar-Movie p. 99; Smith-Colman pp. 88, 301; Sweeney-Coming p. 16; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 45-47; Youngblood-Soviet pp. 56, 57 : ClasIm-221 p. 52; ClasIm-226 pp. 48-49.

Home Video: DVD.