| Don Q, Son of Zorro | |
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| Directed by | Donald Crisp |
| Written by | Jack Cunningham Lotta Woods |
| Based on | Don Q.'s Love Story by Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard |
| Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks Mary Astor |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
| Edited by | William Nolan |
| Music by | Mortimer Wilson |
Production company | Elton Corporation |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Box office | $1.5 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1] |
Don Q, Son of Zorro is a 1925 American silent swashbuckler romance film and a sequel to the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel Don Q.'s Love Story, written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard.[2] The story was reworked in 1925 (after Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard's death) into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro. The film adaptation was made by screenwriters Jack Cunningham and Lotta Woods for United Artists studios.[2] Douglas Fairbanks both produced the film and starred as its lead character.[3] It was directed by Donald Crisp, who also played the villain Don Sebastian.[4]
The film was well-received: the New York Times rated it one of its top ten films of 1925.[5]
- ^ Krämer, Peter (2019). The General. ISBN 978-1-8387-1889-3.
In addition, the strongly comedy-inflected, spectacular adventure films starring Fairbanks, who was known for his onscreen acrobatics (as well as his infectious smile), ranked highly in the annual charts – The Thief of Bagdad at no. 3 in 1924, Don Q, Son of Zorro at no. 4 in 1925 and The Black Pirate at no. 4 in 1926 – with domestic rentals of between $1.5 million and $1.7 million.
- ^ a b Bowser, Eileen (1969). Film Notes. NY Museum of Modern Art. p. 56.
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- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Don Q, Son of Zorro at silentera.com
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (January 10, 1926). "Ten Best Films of 1925 Helped by Late Influx". New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2024.