Specialty CollectionGenre: 1920s FEATURE FILMS
Description: SWASHBUCKLING ZORRO ADVENTURE. STARRING: DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, MARY ASTOR, DONALD CRISP, JACK MCDONALD, WARNER OLAND, JEAN HERSHOLT. WHILE OBEYING FAMILY TRADITION BY SPENDING HIS EARLY MANHOOD IN THE SPANISH COUNTRYSIDE, DON CESAR DE VEGA CROSSES SWORDS WITH DAN SEBASTIAN, A VICIOUS MEMBER OF THE QUEEN'S GUARD & STEALS THE AFFECTION OF A YOUNG HEIRESS. WHEN THE OFFICER FRAMES THE YOUNG UPSTART FOR MURDER, DON CESAR FAKES HIS OWN DEATH & RETREATS TO THE CRUMBLING RUINS OF THE FAMILY CASTLE WHERE HE PLOTS HIS VEGEANCE. IN A SURPRISING TWIST, FAIRBANKS PLAYS DUEL ROLE OF BOTH FATHER & SON, STANDING SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER IN A CLIMATIC STANDOFF IN AN ALL-OUT EFFORT TO RESTORE HONOR TO THE FAMILY NAME. HEROIC CHARACTER USES AN AUSTRALIAN BULL WHIP, USING IT TO SLICE PAPER, SNUFF OUT A CANDLE & ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION LIFT HIMSELF OUT OF THE JAWS OF DANGER. FAKES HIS OWN DEATH BY PRETENDING TO STAB HIMSELF & FALLING OUT FORTRESS WINDOW. FALLS DOWN TO THE ROCKS AND MOAT BELOW. TAVERN BRAWL. ARCHDUKE.
