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9 unusual facts about Zorro


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Johnston McCulley, pulp author: created the Zorro stories upon which all later Zorro movies and books were based

Ismael Blanco

On 26 September 2007 in a match against Veria, after putting AEK Athens in front, Blanco revealed a Zorro mask from his sock and drew a big Z in the air celebrating the winning goal.

La gran aventura del Zorro

La gran aventura del Zorro ("The Great Adventure of Zorro") is a 1976 film starring Rodolfo de Anda in a Mexican version of Zorro, directed by Raúl de Anda and featuring such actors as Helena Rojo and Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.

Radar Men from the Moon

This serial was re-released on September 30, 1957 between Republic's re-releases of the similar Zorro's Black Whip and Son of Zorro.

Rasmus Festersen

Following the red card Festersen was often referred as 'Zorro' in the Danish media, suggesting that the mask he wore was an imitation of the fictional character "Zorro".

Srigala Item

Starring Hadidjah, Mohamad Mochtar, and Tan Tjeng Bok, the film's plot – inspired by Zorro – follows a young man who became a masked vigilante to take revenge against his conniving uncle.

Zorro: Generation Z

Her masked identity may be based on the title character of Zorro's Black Whip.

Zorro's Black Whip

Dale Van Sickel as Vic Gordon/Rock Heavy Karl/Camp Heavy/Danley (doubling George J. Lewis

Zorro's Fighting Legion

The story takes a few liberties with Zorro's official timeline: it takes place in Mexico instead of Alta California; Zorro wears a masquerade mask, rather than the traditional bandana; the characters Don Alejandro Vega (Don Diego's father) and Bernardo are absent; and Zorro's horse, Tornado, was changed to white (much like Kaiketsu Zorro).


Amiga Zorro III

Designed by Commodore International lead engineer Dave Haynie, the 32-bit Zorro III replaced the 16-bit Zorro II bus used in the Amiga 2000.

Dulcop

The company manufactured a variety of plastic toy soldiers until 1995 such as Robin Hood, Zorro, Tarzan, cowboys, knights, Napoleonic and cowboys and Indians.

Eric Freiwald

From the mid-1950s to 1984 with partner Robert Schaefer, he wrote for such shows as The Gene Autry Show, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Maverick, Whirlybirds, Texas John Slaughter, Zorro, 77 Sunset Strip, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Jr., and many others.

George J. Lewis

He is probably best known for playing Don Alejandro de la Vega, who was Don Diego de la Vega's father in the 1950s Disney television series Zorro.

George W. Trendle

He wanted a mysterious hero who would have the same type of appeal as Zorro or Robin Hood.

Katsuji Matsumoto

Printed as an over-sized pamphlet with a sturdy cardboard cover, and included as a premium in the April issue of Shōjo no tomo, The Mysterious Clover was a variation on The Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro.

King of the Carnival

However the studio continued with a release schedule of re-released serials until 1958, beginning with a re-release of Dick Tracy's G-Men and ending with Zorro's Fighting Legion.

Lesli Margherita

Received the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for her performance as "Inez" in Zorro at London's Garrick Theatre.

Lone Star Toys

Additional figures were licensed from children's series and included Noddy, Popeye and Zorro.

Los Vipers

Over the summer of 2004 Los Vipers, in this case Mosco, Histeria and Psicosis II became involved in a feud with Heavy Metal, El Intocable and Zorro that led to a Steel Cage match at Verano de Escandalo 2004 in which the last man in the cage would be unmasked or have his hair shaved off.

Matt Rawle

He has appeared in many high profile theatre productions which include Martin Guerre, Evita and Zorro.

Mike Vejar

Michael "Mike" Laurence Vejar (born June 25, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is an American television director, with directing credits on the four most recent Star Trek series, as well as directing other notable series, such as Zorro, Babylon 5, MacGyver, The Dead Zone, The X-Files and Jeremiah.

Montagu Love

However, he also played gruff authoritarian figures, such as Monsieur Cavaignac, who, contrary to history, demands the resignation of those responsible for the Dreyfus coverup, in The Life of Emile Zola (1937), as well as Don Alejandro de la Vega, whose son appears to be a fop but is actually Zorro, in the 1940 version of The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power.

Mosco de la Merced

During mid-2004 Los Vipers, in this case Mosco, Histeria and Psicosis II became involved in a feud with Heavy Metal, El Intocable and Zorro that led to a Steel Cage match at Verano de Escandalo 2004 in which the last man in the cage would be unmasked or have his hair shaved off.

Philippe Chiffre

Painter, he started as an intern in the decoration in the cinema 1974 to Zorro of Duccio Tessari.

The Chordettes

They also hit No. 2 with 1958's "Lollipop" and also charted with a vocal version of the themes from Disney's Zorro (U.S. #17) (1959) and the film Never on Sunday (U.S. #13) (1961).

The Hanging Woman

He went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career (1958 - 1984), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro, etc..

The Mark of Zorro

The Curse of Capistrano, a serialised Zorro story re-published in novella form as The Mark of Zorro in 1920

The Shock of the Lightning

"The Shock of the Lightning" is used in its entirety to play out the closing credits of the 2008 Japanese Spiderman/Zorro style movie K-20: Legend of the Mask (K-20 怪人二十面相・伝).

The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour

Don Diamond who voiced Sergeant Gonzales in this animated series previously portrayed Corporal Reyes in Disney's 1950s live-action series of Zorro.

Toypurina

A fictional character sharing her name is the mother of Diego de la Vega in Isabel Allende's 2005 book, Zorro.

William Lamport

In the late twentieth century it was suggested by an historian that Lamport was the inspiration for Johnston McCulley's fictional hero "Zorro".


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