| Edition |
Special edition, full frame. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital stereo, Dolby digital mono; full frame presentation, preserving the 1.33:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition. |
| Note |
Based on the story "The curse of Capistrano" by Johnston McCulley. |
| Cast |
Tyrone Power (Diego), Linda Darnell (Lolita Quintero), Basil Rathbone (Captain 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), Robert Lowery (Rodrigo), Chris-Pin Martin (Turnkey). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Arthur Miller ; editor, Robert Bischoff ; music, Alfred Newman ; art direction, Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright ; costumes, Travis Banton. |
| Event |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940. |
| Note |
Double-sided disc with colorized and original black-and-white versions. |
| Audience |
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. |
| Summary |
Don Diego Vega, from the sleepy colony of California, is a cadet at the royal military academy in Spain. His father, Don Alejandro, is alcalde of the Los Angeles region. Don Diego disdains California as boring and insufferably rustic; but returns obediently when called home. When he arrives, all is not as expected. His father no longer serves as alcalde; cruel, bumbling Don Luis Quintero has replaced him. The real power behind Quintero is Captain Esteban Pasquale, a sinister villain who commands the local Spanish garrison. While Diego's father and others fret and fume about the new alcalde, Diego plays the fop--effete, weak, and disinterested. He is so adept that no one will suspect him when he takes action against Quintero and Pasquale, as the mysterious, masked figure known as Zorro. Zorro challenges Quintero's corrupt rule and captures the hearts and imaginations of the peasant population, the old, loyal dons, and the heart of the mayor's niece, Lolita. |
| Contents |
Side A: Colorized feature: Main titles -- California cockerel -- Trouble at home -- New government -- Puppy comes home -- Zorro -- Little talk -- Lolita's prayer -- After the fox -- Zorro strikes again -- Real Diego -- Mark of a madman -- Marriage offer -- Dinner with the Quinteros -- Dance with Diego -- Secret love -- Gonzales' mistake -- Under arrest -- Talk of throat cutting -- Champion -- Señor Zorro -- Diego's greatest trick -- Quintero's goodbye -- End titles ; (2005) (93 min.); Special features: Commentary by Richard Schickel [audio feature]. |
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Side B (flipside): Black and white feature; Special features: Commentary by Richard Schickel [audio feature]; Biography: Tyrone Power: the last idol [documentary featurette] (1996) (45 min.); Studio Classics previews (22 min.). |
| Language |
In English or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Zorro (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Heroes -- Drama.
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Vigilantes -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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California -- Drama.
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California -- History -- Drama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Genre/Form |
Western films.
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Swashbuckler films.
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Swashbuckler films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Mamoulian, Rouben. Director.
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Foote, John Taintor, 1881-1950. Screenwriter.
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Fort, Garrett. Adapter.
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Meredyth, Bess. Adapter.
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Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958. Actor.
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Darnell, Linda, 1923-1965. Actor.
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Rathbone, Basil, 1892-1967. Actor.
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Sondergaard, Gale, 1899-1985. Actor.
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Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954. Actor.
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Bromberg, J. Edward, 1903-1951. Actor.
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Love, Montagu, 1877-1943. Actor.
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Beecher, Janet. Actor.
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Lowery, Robert, 1916-1971. Actor.
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Martin, Chris-Pin, 1893-1953. Actor.
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McCulley, Johnston, 1883-1958
Curse of Capistrano.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Standard No. |
024543205111 00 |
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