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  • Tyrone Power Westerns continued … The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 3 / Zorro Anomalies?

    Fernando / Abba

    The Mark of Zorro (1940)
    Zorro Anomalies?

    If I said to you that Zorro never used a gun, but only a Sword (rapier) and his Bullwhip,
    would you challenge that?

    Probably not.

    And if I also said that Zorro only uses his famous black Eye Mask for his disguise,
    would you disagree?

    Likely not.

    BUT …
    … in The Mark of Zorro (1940) we see transgressions to both of these modern images of Zorro persona!

    Observe:

    Zorro pulls a pistol!

    Zorro wearing a bandana!

    Later Zorro uses a pistol again.

    But at least he’s wearing the eye mask.

    It seems that Zorro’s image has continuously changed and evolved over the years
    – from creator (Johnston McCulley) original vision.

    Zorro (Douglas Fairbanks Sr.) apparent master of disguise – silent movie (1920)

    Guns? Bandanas? Masks? Bullwhips?

    The Mark of Zorro (1920) – Douglas Fairbanks Sr.

    “What’s all this nonsense about Zorro using a gun?”
    Zorro (Fairbanks) using a gun.

    Zorro’s Fighting Legion (1939) Movie Serial Starring Reed Hadley
    (below)

    Zorro using 2 guns.
    Zorro using a machine gun !!!

    The Mask of Zorro (1998) Starring Antonio Banderas
    (below)

    “You call that a gun?”

    Zorro’s Dilemma

    I also noticed that in the Mark of Zorro (1940) Zorro doesn’t use a bullwhip?

    While Reed Hadley in Zorro’s Fighting Legionserial (1939) surely does.

    OK … I’m finding I don’t know much about Zorro!!!
    But I’m learning quickly.
    It’s all good.

    Next:

    Tyrone Power Westerns continued …
    The Mark of Zorro (1940) Part 4

  • 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

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