Don Q Son Of Zorro, 1925 and 12 similar items

DON Q SON OF ZORRO 1925 Most sequels pale beside the originals. However, this follow-up to Douglas Fairbanks's surprise 1920 hit, The Mark of Zorro, is a welcome exception. Then and now, it is considered to be a better film than the original, THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920), which made star and producer Douglas Fairbanks the personification of the Swashbuckler five years earlier. Though again mining the Old California Robin Hood idea, it is better produced, better scripted, and it features the still agile 42-year-old Fairbanks in not two, but three roles - playing Don Diego/Zorro as well as his own foppish son, Don Cesar de Vega. The big change here: Don Cesar's weapon of choice is the whip rather than the rapier. You can think of him as a forebear of the bullwhip-cracking Indiana Jones. With a more reasonable budget, Fairbanks was able to stage the fights and cliffhanger escapes that were beyond him the first time around. PLOT: In the family tradition, Don Cesar is sent to Spain to continue his education and learn the traditions of his ancestors. His high-spirited ways and showmanship with a bullwhip make him a favourite of the Queen's cousin, Archduke Paul of Austria (Warner Oland). Cesar also makes an enemy of surly Don Sebastian (Donald Crisp), a member of the Queen's guard, and both men fall for the beautiful Dolores de Muro (Mary Astor). After Cesar is framed for murder, he fakes suicide and goes underground until he can prove the guilt of the real killer. Meanwhile, in California, Don Diego receives word of his son's predicament. He retrieves his sword from where it had stuck thirty years before, digs out his mask and cape and travels to Spain to help rescue his son. CAST: Douglas Fairbanks ... Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro Mary Astor ... Dolores de Muro Jack McDonald ... Gen. de Muro Donald Crisp ... Don Sebastian Stella De Lanti ... The Queen Warner Oland ... The Archduke Paul Jean Hersholt ... Don Fabrique Borusta Albert MacQuarrie ... Col. Matsado Lottie Pickford ... Lola Charles Stevens ... Robledo Tote Du Crow ... Bernardo Martha Franklin ... The Duenna Juliette Belanger ... The Dancer Roy Coulson ... Dancer's Admirer Enrique Acosta ... Ramon Directed by Donald Crisp RUNNING TIME: 111 MIN Overseas items (eg to USA) are sent by ROYAL MAIL AIRMAIL. ROYAL MAIL do not do tracking for airmail items unless you pay considerably more for insurance for the privilege – as anything posted overseas (eg, to the USA) is not under their control. This is usually prohibitively expensive, but if you would like your item insured please contact me first. Items are usually sent the day after you pay, or perhaps the same day depending on the time difference, and delivery normally takes about two weeks (10 days usually, but sometimes longer). During busy periods (Christmas especially) it can take around three weeks. This applies to postage to USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, and to a limited extent, also to Europe. PLEASE NOTE I AM A UK SELLER POSTAGE TAKES LONGER (a couple of weeks, not a couple of days).