The Mark of Zorro is based on The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley. Don Q. is based on the novel Don Q's love story by K. and Hesketh Prichard. The Mark of Zorro: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Noah Beery, Robert McKim, George Periolat, Charles Hill Mailes, Claire McDowell, Snitz Edwards, Sydney de Grey, Walt Whitman, Tote Du Crow. Don Q.: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Jack McDonald, Donald Crisp, Stella DeLanti, Warner Oland, Jean Hersholt, Albert MacQuarrie, Lottie Pickford Forrest, Charles Stevens, Tate Du Crow, Martha Franklin, Juliette Belanger, Roy Coulson, Enrique Acosta. Originally produced as individual motion pictures in 1920 and 1925, respectively. Picture format 1.33:1, full screen, NTSC. Special features: home movies of Fairbanks at work and play; Fairbanks vs. Dempsey, excerpt from a PatheĢ newsreel; introduction to The Mark of Zorro by Orson Welles; excerpt from Fairbanks' 1918 book Making life worth while.
Summary:
The Mark of Zorro: the famous Mexican Robin Hood, Don Diego springs into action as Zorro, the crusader for the rights of the Mexican people. In Don Q., Son of Zorro: Zorro's son continues his father's fight against injustice in Spain.
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