The Mark of Zorro

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film swashbuckler film

The Mark of Zorro is a classic 1940 swashbuckler film in which Tyrone Power portrays the masked vigilante Zorro, a role that became one of his most iconic performances.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)	48	4
masked vigilante Zorro	0	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → swashbuckler film →
basedOn	The Curse of Capistrano →
basedOnWorkBy	Johnston McCulley →
blackAndWhite	true →
cinematographer	Arthur C. Miller →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely acclaimed as a classic swashbuckler film →
director	Rouben Mamoulian →
distributor	20th Century Fox →
editor	Barbara McLean →
featuresCharacter	Don Diego Vega → Zorro →
genre	adventure film → romantic film → swashbuckler film →
hasTheme	romance → secret identity → social justice →
includedInList	classic Hollywood adventure films →
influenced	later Zorro film and television adaptations → portrayal of masked vigilante heroes in cinema →
isRemakeOf	The Mark of Zorro → surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)
leadActor	Tyrone Power →
musicBy	Alfred Newman →
notableFor	iconic performance of Tyrone Power as Zorro → sword-fighting sequences →
originalLanguage	English →
portrays	Tyrone Power → surface form: Tyrone Power as Don Diego Vega Tyrone Power as Zorro →
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck →
productionCompany	20th Century Fox →
releaseYear	1940 →
remakeOfFilmStarring	Douglas Fairbanks →
runtime	approximately 94 minutes →
screenwriter	Bess Meredyth → Garrett Fort → John Taintor Foote →
settingLocation	Alta California (Spanish colony) → surface form: Spanish California
stars	Basil Rathbone → Eugene Pallette → Gale Sondergaard → J. Edward Bromberg → Linda Darnell → Montagu Love → Tyrone Power →
timePeriodSetting	early 19th century →
title	The Mark of Zorro self-linksurface differs →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Curse of Capistrano → adaptedAs → The Mark of Zorro →

this entity surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)

Lolita Pulido → appearsIn → The Mark of Zorro →

Sergeant Gonzales → appearsIn → The Mark of Zorro →

this entity surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)

Sergeant Gonzales → characterIn → The Mark of Zorro →

Basil Rathbone → notableWork → The Mark of Zorro →

this entity surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)

Tyrone Power → notableWork → The Mark of Zorro →

Sergeant Gonzales → opposes → The Mark of Zorro →

this entity surface form: masked vigilante Zorro

The Mark of Zorro → title → The Mark of Zorro self-linksurface differs →

subject surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)

Emil Newman → workedOn → The Mark of Zorro →

this entity surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)