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Plot: Douglas Fairbanks, the most famous of the Zorros, made this mix of comedy and derring-do reluctantly, as a change-of-pace from his modern-dress playboy roles. The Old California adventure fared so we...( read more read more... )

Here, Doug has a ball playing dual roles, as hopeless fop Don Diego and as masked caballero Zorro, sworn enemy of all oppressors. When he isn't dueling with the evil Capt. Ramon (Robert McKim) or rescuing peasants, Don Diego/Zorro courts the lovely Lolita (Marguerite de la Motte) with bad magic tricks and worse manners. In the end, when Lolita's family is jailed, our hero throws off his masquerade, whips out his rapier, and wins the leading lady's hand.

Full of fun plot twists, secret passageways, and Fairbanks's signature arms-akimbo bravado, this silent classic (with restored sepia interiors) became the model for all the Errol Flynn-Tyrone Power swashbucklers to come. --Glenn Lovell

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  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 24, 2007
    Fairbanks invents the swashbuckler and nearly the entire costumed hero genre with the fun filled adventure about a foppish noble who dons a mask to fight against the corrupt government oppressing its populace with brutality and over taxation.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 14, 2007
    Wonderful early silent film! The historical consciouness and political undertones are particularly interesting.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 29, 2007
    this is a silent movie but Douglas Fairbanks Sr. has such incredible energy that just watching the chase wears me out. If you like Jackie Chan you will love Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

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  • Rated: (Unrated)
  • Directed by: Fred Niblo
  • Genres: Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
  • Released: December 5, 1920
  • DVD Released: January 12, 1999

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