| The Mark of Zorro | |
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| Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Screenplay by | John Taintor Foote |
| Story by | Garrett Fort Bess Meredyth |
| Based on | The Curse of Capistrano 1919 serial story in All-Story Weekly by Johnston McCulley |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Basil Rathbone |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Spanish |
| Budget | $1 million[1] |
| Box office | $2 million (rentals)[2] |
The Mark of Zorro is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling film released by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Basil Rathbone.
The film is based on the novel The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley, originally published in 1919 in five serialized installments in All-Story Weekly,[3] which introduced the masked hero Zorro; the story is set in Southern California during the early 19th century.[4] After the enormous success of the silent 1920 film adaptation, the novel was republished under that name by Grosset & Dunlap. The Mark of Zorro was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
The film was named to the National Film Registry in 2009 by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant", and to be preserved for all time.[5]
- ^ Solomon 1989, p. 240
- ^ Solomon 1989, p. 219
- ^ All-Story Weekly vol. 100 #2 (August 9, 1919) – vol. 101 #2 (September 6, 1919)
- ^ Jensen, 2024 p. 160
- ^ "2009 Selections to the National Film Registry Announced". News Releases. The Library of Congress. December 30, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2015.