The Mark of Zorro (1940)

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1h 34min
Action, Adventure
08 Nov 1940 (USA)
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A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.

Director:

Rouben Mamoulian

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Stars:

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
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	Tyrone Power	...	Diego
	Linda Darnell	...	Lolita Quintero
	Basil Rathbone	...	Capt. Esteban Pasquale
	Gale Sondergaard	...	Inez Quintero
	Eugene Pallette	...	Fray Felipe
	J. Edward Bromberg	...	Don Luis Quintero
	Montagu Love	...	Don Alejandro Vega
	Janet Beecher	...	Senora Isabella Vega
	George Regas	...	Sgt. Gonzales
	Chris-Pin Martin	...	Turnkey
	Robert Lowery	...	Rodrigo
	Belle Mitchell	...	Maria
	John Bleifer	...	Pedro
	Frank Puglia	...	Propietor
	Eugene Borden	...	Officer of the Day
	Pedro de Cordoba	...	Don Miguel
	Guy D'Ennery	...	Don Jose
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Ed Agresti	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Rafael Alcayde	...	Diego's Manservant (uncredited)
	Stanley Andrews	...	Commanding Officer (uncredited)
	Brandon Beach	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Alfredo Berumen	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	George Blagoi	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Fortunio Bonanova	...	Sentry (uncredited)
	George Bruggeman	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	Ralph Byrd	...	Student / Officer (uncredited)
	Robert Cauterio	...	Manuel (uncredited)
	Bob Cautiero	...	Groom (uncredited)
	Robert Conway	...	Student / Officer (uncredited)
	Gino Corrado	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Franco Corsaro	...	Orderly (uncredited)
	Andre Cuyas	...	Servant (uncredited)
	Jean Del Val	...	Sentry (uncredited)
	Joseph DeVillard	...	Sentry (uncredited)
	Art Dupuis	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	William Edmunds	...	Peón Selling Cocks (uncredited)
	George Ghermanoff	...	Servant (uncredited)
	Herman Hack	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	Victor Kilian	...	Boatman (uncredited)
	Carl M. Leviness	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Fred Malatesta	...	Sentry (uncredited)
	Francisco Marán	...	Officer (uncredited)
	Francisco Moreno	...	Peon (uncredited)
	Ted North	...	Student / Officer (uncredited)
	Victor Romito	...	Soldier (uncredited)
	Hector V. Sarno	...	Moreno (uncredited)
	George Sorel	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Charles Stevens	...	José (uncredited)
	Paul Sutton	...	Morales (uncredited)
	Lucio Villegas	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Harry Worth	...	Caballero (uncredited)
	Frank Yaconelli	...	Don Alejandro's Servant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Rouben Mamoulian

Written by

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John Taintor Foote	...	(screenplay)

Garrett Fort	...	(adaptation) and
Bess Meredyth	...	(adaptation)

Johnston McCulley	...	(story "The Curse of Capistrano")

Produced by

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Raymond Griffith	...	associate producer (uncredited)
Darryl F. Zanuck	...	executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Alfred Newman
David Buttolph	...	(uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer	...	(uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge	...	(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Arthur C. Miller

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director of photography (as Arthur Miller)

Editing by

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Robert Bischoff

Art Direction by

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Richard Day
Joseph C. Wright

Set Decoration by

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Thomas Little

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(set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Travis Banton

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sid Bowen	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Lynn Shores	...	second unit director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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W.D. Flick	...	sound
Roger Heman Sr.	...	sound (as Roger Heman)

Stunts

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Albert Cavens	...	stunt double: Tyrone Power (uncredited)
Rex Rossi	...	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson	...	wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Alfred Newman	...	musical director (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Walter Scharf	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Albert Cavens	...	fencing double: Tyrone Power (uncredited)
Fred Cavens	...	choreographer: duel (uncredited)
George Emerson	...	animal wrangler: horses (uncredited)
Ernesto A. Romero	...	technical advisor (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Twentieth Century Fox (presents)

Distributors

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Twentieth Century Fox (1940) (United States) (theatrical) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) (released through)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1940) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century-Fox (1940) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Fox Films (1941) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Fox Films (1941) (Finland) (theatrical)
Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (1944) (Spain) (theatrical)
Motion Picture Export Association (MPEA) (1947) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Netherlands Fox Film Corporation (1947) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1947) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
Przedsiebiorstwo Panstwowe Film Polski (1947) (Poland) (theatrical) (as Film Polski)
Motion Picture Export Association (MPEA) (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1958) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
Yleisradio (YLE) (1964) (Finland) (tv)
Télé Monte Carlo (1988) (Italy) (tv)
TV3 (1990) (Finland) (tv)
CBS/Fox Home Video (1991) (Australia) (video)
Fox Video (United States) (VHS)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (Australia) (VHS)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
FS Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
Kino Lorber (2016) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Koch Media (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
Epoca (Argentina) (VHS)

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Other Companies

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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (approved: certificate no. 6597)
Western Electric (mirrophonic recording)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Around 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On the one hand he plays the useless fop, while on the other he is the masked avenger Zorro. Written by Ed Stephan Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	romantic-rivalry national-film-registry held-at-swordpoint four-word-title zorro-character See All (52) »
Taglines	Ride With Zorro . . . The Dashing Don Of California's Most Adventurous Era ! See more »
Genres	Action Adventure Family Romance Western
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Brazil:10 Canada:G (Manitoba/New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island/Quebec) Canada:PG (Ontario) Finland:S Finland:K-7 (TV rating) France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Norway:A Portugal:M/12 Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:TV-G United States:Approved United States:Passed (National Board of Review) West Germany:12 (nf)

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Also Known As	The Californian (United States) Le signe de Zorro (France) Im Zeichen des Zorro (Germany) El signo del Zorro (Spain) La marca del Zorro (Mexico) See more »
Runtime	94 min
Country	United States
Language	English Spanish
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Filming Locations	Stage 6, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

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Budget

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The famous duel was staged by Hollywood fencing master Fred Cavens. Cavens specialized in staging duels that relied more on actual swordplay rather than the jumping on furniture and leaping from balconies that many film "duels" consisted of up until that point. Cavens' son, Albert Cavens, doubled for Tyrone Power in the fancier parts of the duel (mostly with his back to camera), such as the extended exchange with Esteban ending with Don Diego's sword smashing into the bookcase. Basil Rathbone, a champion fencer in real life, did not care for the saber (the weapon of choice in this film), but nevertheless did all of his own fencing. Fast fencing shots were undercranked to 18 or 20 frames per second (as opposed to the standard 24fps) and all the sound effects were post-synchronized. See more »
Goofs	When Diego dines with the Quinteros, Inez asks him to show them "the new dance steps." He and Lolita then dance together, but somehow the sheltered young Lolita knows the dance perfectly. This doesn't make sense if it contains "new dance steps" that even society-mad Inez doesn't know. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970). See more »
Crazy Credits	Opening credits prologue: MADRID - when the Spanish Empire encompassed the globe, and young blades were taught the fine and fashionable art of killing ... See more »
Quotes	Don Diego Vega: I must please ask you to change the subject. His Excellency objects to talk of throat-cutting. Captain Esteban Pasquale: Quiet, you Popinjay! I have no reason to letting you live either. Don Diego Vega: What a pleasant coincidence. I feel exactly the same way about you Capitan. Captain Esteban Pasquale: You wouldn't care to translate that feeling into action would you? Don Diego Vega: I might be tempted. If I had a weapon. Captain Esteban Pasquale: Would you. See more »

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