This is the first film I watch starring Douglas Fairbnaks, after reading about this so great movie star for a long time and now I understand why he was so great. His impersonation of both Don Diego and Zorro is really good for the acting of the time: he has amazing body control - as he did all of his stunts! - and enormous charisma. It's impossible to not like him as Zorro and to feel a little bit sorry for him as Don Diego, The actors are all nice as well. And, although the Mexican characters are really stereotyped, what would make people nowadays think it's prejudice - and probably is - everyone is stereotyped since it was common in those times to not get really deep into characters. The goal was only to enterntain and what a fun this film is!
Another amazing thing is the cinematography. I'm really not sure if it was common to change light colors for films in 1920, but I thought it really ceative to put a blue light for night scenes, an orange light for interior scenes, and an yellow/green light for exterior scenes. The art direction and the costume design are perfect! It's possible to see it was a big production for the time and for sure it was worth it.
Another amazing thing is the cinematography. I'm really not sure if it was common to change light colors for films in 1920, but I thought it really ceative to put a blue light for night scenes, an orange light for interior scenes, and an yellow/green light for exterior scenes. The art direction and the costume design are perfect! It's possible to see it was a big production for the time and for sure it was worth it.