The Bold Caballero (1936)
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The Bold Caballero, Republic Pictures' first color film, was also the first talkie version of the "Zorro" legend (as originally set down by Johnston McCulley in The Curse of Capistrano). Robert Livingston essays the dual role of foppish Spanish-Californian aristocrat Don Diego, who… More The Bold Caballero, Republic Pictures' first color film, was also the first talkie version of the "Zorro" legend (as originally set down by Johnston McCulley in The Curse of Capistrano). Robert Livingston essays the dual role of foppish Spanish-Californian aristocrat Don Diego, who when the necessity arises dons the mask and black cape of righter-of-wrongs Zorro. As usual, the Z-man spends his time defending the California peasantry from the wicked machinations of the corrupt, quasi-fascistic commandante (Sig Rumann), who has murdered the provincial governor and shifted the blame to Zorro. The film contains such marvelous set-pieces as Diego's advice to the leering commandante as to how to romance the fair Isabella (Heather Angel), and a bizarre "drag" scene in which the hero disguises himself as the heroine's duenna. Alas, current prints of The Bold Caballero are available only in black and white. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Wells Root
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 1, 1936 Wide
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Cast
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Robert Livingston
as Zorro
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Heather Angel
as Isabella
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Sig Rumann
as Commandante
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Ian Wolfe
as Priest
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Emily Fitzroy
as Duenna
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Charles Stevens
as Vargas
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Walter Long
as Chate
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Ferdinand Munier
as Landlord
- Charles "Slim" Whitaker
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Robert Warwick
as Governor
- Sig Ruman
