My Favorite Westerns

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  • Tyrone Power Westerns continued … The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 2 The Posters

    The Mask of Zorro Soundtrack

    The Mark of Zorro (1940)

    The Posters

    Since it seems The Mark of Zorro (1940) didn’t have any Trailers/Previews (??)
    I searched the net like Sherlock – scouring fansites and archives. Finding none.
    I    t looks like they exclusively used Posters instead? *shrug*
    And I found over 30 different posters for the Movie!

    Yet some were in such bad shape that they escaped any expertise I might possess to recover them. 

    I spent 3 days trying to restore all these old posters to their original pristine wonderfulness.
    Color was the main issue. Over the years the Posters fade and the former vibrancy of the colors is lost.
    Would you make a Zorro poster in dirty, washed-out, dull Reds, for instance?
    Nor I! The former Zing and Zest of Zorro had been lost in time …
    and befell to me for restore the lost Lustre and Vitality of The Fox!

    En Garde !!!


    Next:

    Tyrone Power Westerns continued …
    The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 3

  • Tyrone Power Westerns continued … The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 1

    Theme from the Mark of Zorro (1940) by Alfred Newman

    The Mark of Zorro (1940)

     Ride With Zorro . . . The Dashing Don Of California’s Most Adventurous Era !
    The Jagged Mark of His Sword Struck Terror to Every Heart – But One!

    Tyrone Power made 6 Westerns:

    And 5 Swashbucklers:

    Zorro is unique – categorized as both a Western Hero and a Swashbuckler.
    I can think of no other Hero with this distinction.

    During the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s Swashbucklers sparred with Westerns for popularity.
    In Zorro they found a perfect partnership.

    I was unable to locate any Trailer/Preview for The Mark of Zorro (1940).
    There must be one somewhere? Maybe not.
    I substituted this vignette with the Chordettes singing
    the Theme for Disney’s TV version of Zorro.
    Not bad.
    But I’ll keep looking.

    Next:

    Tyrone Power Westerns continued …
    The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 2

2 responses to “Tyrone Power Westerns continued … The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 2 The Posters”

  1. Marilyn Armstrong Avatar
    Marilyn Armstrong

    I know Tyrone was a great Zorro, but the SCRIPT for the Banderos movies was so much better! If they’d given Tyrone a better script, I’m pretty sure he could have done a equally great job.

    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      In it’s day if was great. I watched again recently and found it very enjoyable. So … not bad at all. There’s some inspired stuff going on with the Banderos remake. They really did their homework and there’s several nods to the original and other Zorro movies. Most people wouldn’t notice them, but when I look at the older movies I can see it right away. Nicely done.

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