The Mark of Zorro News

Given its appearance just two years after the thematically similar Technicolor headliner, The Adventures of Robin Hood , The Mark of Zorro might have turned out to be rather redundant.

In 1919, Johnston McCulley introduced the character of Zorro in the novella The Curse of Capistrano .

Dressed in black from head to toe, wearing a mask and cape, this rooftop-hopping hero only comes out at night to avenge the oppressed.

REVIEW Given the phenomenal success of Johnny Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, a revival of appreciation for the granddaddy of all cinematic swashbucklers, Douglas Fairbanks, is long overdue.

Zorro, that mysterious swashbuckling hero, was in Tucson on Aug. 19, 1974, shooting a new television movie titled "The Mark of Zorro," filmed at several locations around town.

JOHN GILBERT, one of the first megastars, Garbo's leading man and "the Great Lover," was also one of the first casualties of film; his demise, in 1936, is still a mystery.

The DVD set a oeDouglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeera is designed to showcase the early phase of one of the pre-eminent starring careers of the silent movie period.

Reporting from Milan, Italy -- By the time the spring-summer 2010 men's Fashion Week in Milan wrapped up Tuesday, the runway had showcased enough old-school macho archetypes to form its own version of the Village People.

Sir Alan Sugar, who is anything but sweet, plays the Donald Trump role. You haven't heard "you're fired" until you've heard it from a guy with a British accent.