How old is The Mask of Zorro?

How old is The Mask of Zorro?

The Mask of Zorro was released in the United States on J in 2,515 theaters, earning $22,525,855 in its opening weekend.

Is The Mask of Zorro real?

Zorro, fictional character created in 1919 by writer Johnston McCulley. The masked, sword-wielding vigilante defends the poor and victimized against the forces of injustice, and his feats have been featured in virtually every form of media. Lobby card for The Mark of Zorro (1940), directed by Rouben Mamoulian.

Is The Mask of Zorro a sequel to The Mark of Zorro?

The most recent was The Mask of Zorro (1998) with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones and it's 2005 sequel. ... By far, the most famous version of the Zorro story was The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power, who was one of the most popular leading men of his era.

Who was the first Zorro?

Douglas Fairbanks When it came time to take over the role that was played first by Douglas Fairbanks in the 1920 film ''The Mark of Zorro'' and then by Tyrone Power in the 1940 version, Mr. Williams took a refresher course with the Belgian fencing master Fred Cavens, who had taught both Fairbanks and Power.

Who is the bad guy in Zorro?

Count Armand It is the sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro; Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles as the titular hero and his spouse, Elena, and Rufus Sewell stars as the villain, Count Armand.

Is Zorro good or bad?

In the famous TV series, the Zorro character always represented the honorable good against the evil-though-bumbling Mexican soldiers who controlled the pueblo in which he lived.”

What happened Zorro?

Guy Williams, who played the swashbuckling black-masked hero Zorro on television in the late 1950's, was found dead Saturday, apparently of a heart attack, at his apartment in Buenos Aires, the Buenos Aires police said yesterday. He was 65 years old.

Who is Elena in the Mask of Zorro?

• Elena played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in "The Mask of Zorro" (1998) Elena De la Vega (also known as Elena Montero) is the main love interest of the 19th century hero known as "Zorro" in the film saga of "Zorro" of director Martin Campbell.

Who is the real Zorro Elena de la Vega?

• Elena was born in 1821 in Las Californias to the Spanish-born, Californian nobleman Don Diego De la Vega (who fights masked as the hero "Zorro") and his wife Esperanza. Elena as a newborn with her father Don Diego De la Vega/Zorro But the cruel governor of the region, Don Rafael Montero, learns Diego De la Vega's identity as Zorro.

How old was Catherine Zeta Jones in the Mask of Zorro?

• Catherine Zeta-Jones was 27 in The Mask of Zorro when she played the character 'Elena Montero / Elena Murrieta'. That was over 21 years ago in 1998.

Who is the masked man in the Mask of Zorro?

• In 1821, Don Diego de la Vega, a Spanish-born California nobleman, fights against soldiers in the Mexican War of Independence as Zorro, a mysterious masked swordsman who defends the Mexican peasants and commoners of Las Californias. Don Rafael Montero, the corrupt governor of the region, learns of De La Vega's alter ego and attempts to arrest him.