Le signe de Zorro

Original title: The Mark of Zorro

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Douglas Fairbanks in Le signe de Zorro (1920)

A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.

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7.0/10

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Douglas Fairbanks

Don Diego Vega…

Marguerite De La Motte

Lolita Pulido

Noah Beery

Sgt. Pedro Gonzales

Charles Hill Mailes

Don Carlos Pulido

Claire McDowell

Doña Catalina Pulido

Robert McKim

Captain Juan Ramon

George Periolat

Governor Alvarado

Walt Whitman

Fray Felipe

Sidney De Gray

Don Alejandro
(as Sydney De Gray)

Tote Du Crow

Bernardo

Snitz Edwards

Short Innkeeper

Noah Beery Jr.

Seven Year Old Boy
(uncredited)

Charles Belcher

Undetermined Minor Role
(uncredited)

Milton Berle

Boy
(uncredited)

Manuel Caballero

Villager
(uncredited)

Gilbert Clayton

Soldier with 'Z' Carved on His Face
(uncredited)

John George

Prisoner in Jail
(uncredited)

Augustina López

Woman at Fray Felipes Trial
(uncredited)

Director
- Fred Niblo
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Trivia
In the Golden Age of Comic Books, this was the film to which Thomas and Martha Wayne took their young son Bruce on the night that they were murdered in front of him in Gotham City in 1920, the experience which led him to become Batman.

Goofs
When Fray Felipe is receiving his lashes, there are horizontal lacerations along the left side of his back. The camera angle then widens to reveal two vertical lacerations --- one in the center of his back and one to the right --- while the laceration on the left side of the back is gone.

Quotes
[Diego is apathetically wooing the woman his father commanded him to marry]
Zorro: I have a servant - a wonder at the guitar. Tonight I shall order him to come out and play beneath your window.
Lolita Pulido: I have a maid - passionately fond of music!

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "IL SEGNO DI ZORRO (1920) + I TRE MOSCHETTIERI (1921) + ROBIN HOOD (1922)" (3 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Connections
Edited into Jekyll & Canada (2009)

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A joy to watch!

If you've seen the other incarnations of Zorro before seeing this black-and-white silent version, you may think this one is going to be boring. Wrong! Because it is silent, the visuals kept me captivated; much more seems to be conveyed through gestures and body language than in a film in which the characters speak. The accompanying organ music is masterfully matched to the action (when someone slams a hand down on to a table, there is an appropriate "thump" in the music.) Best of all, though, is watching the legendary Douglas Fairbanks in some of his trademark athletic leaps, which appear effortless. I have to say that this is one of the very best versions of Zorro.