The Mark of Zorro

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black-and-white film film silent film swashbuckler film

The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 silent swashbuckler film that popularized the masked vigilante hero Zorro and helped establish Douglas Fairbanks as a major action star.

Aliases (5)

The Mark of Zorro (1920 film) ×5
Zorro ×2
The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) ×1
The Mark of Zorro (1974 film) ×1
The Mark of Zorro (novelization title) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	black-and-white film → film → silent film → swashbuckler film →
basedOn	The Curse of Capistrano →
basedOnWorkAuthor	Johnston McCulley →
character	Captain Juan Ramon → Don Diego Vega → Lolita Pulido → Sergeant Gonzales →
cinematographyBy	William McGann →
colorProcess	black and white →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Fred Niblo →
distributor	United Artists →
editedBy	William Nolan →
era	silent era →
filmFormat	35 mm →
filmSeriesEntry	Zorro films →
genre	action film → adventure film → swashbuckler film →
hasFilmVersion	The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) → The Mark of Zorro (1974 film) →
hasIntertitlesLanguage	English →
hasTheme	masked vigilante justice → romantic adventure →
helpedPopularize	Zorro →
includedIn	National Film Registry →
influenced	masked vigilante characters in popular culture → superhero genre →
mainCharacter	Zorro →
notableFor	establishing Douglas Fairbanks as a major action star → popularizing the masked vigilante hero Zorro →
originalLanguage	Silent film →
producer	Douglas Fairbanks →
productionCompany	Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation →
publicationDate	1920 →
registrySelectionReason	culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant →
releaseYear	1920 →
runtimeMinutes	90 →
screenwriter	Douglas Fairbanks → Eugene Miller →
setInPeriod	Spanish California →
settingLocation	California →
stars	Douglas Fairbanks → Marguerite De La Motte → Noah Beery → Robert McKim →
title	The Mark of Zorro →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Douglas Fairbanks → Douglas Fairbanks → Douglas Fairbanks → Eugene Miller → Noah Beery → Rouben Mamoulian → Sam De Grasse ("The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)") →	notableWork
Captain Juan Ramon → Sergeant Gonzales ("The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)") →	appearsIn
The Mark of Zorro ("The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)") → The Mark of Zorro ("The Mark of Zorro (1974 film)") →	hasFilmVersion
The Curse of Capistrano ("The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)") →	adaptedAs
The Curse of Capistrano ("The Mark of Zorro (novelization title)") →	alsoKnownAs
Eugene Pallette →	appearedIn
Fred Niblo ("The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)") →	directorOf
The Mark of Zorro ("Zorro") →	helpedPopularize
The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) ("The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)") →	isRemakeOf
The Mark of Zorro ("Zorro") →	mainCharacter
The Mark of Zorro →	title