#1694: Ch. 20, The Brand of Silence by Johnston McCulley
Maria Lectrix (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The Brand of Silence continues, as Jim Farland pokes his nose into the wrong dark corner. Chapter 20. 16:26.
Maria Lectrix (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
The Brand of Silence continues, as Jim Farland pokes his nose into the wrong dark corner. Chapter 20. 16:26.
Maria Lectrix (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Brand of Silence continues (finally), as Murk gets back to the hotel from durance vile, and morning brings a lawyer to call. Chapter 19: Coadley Quits. 9:49.
Rough Edges (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... from ROOTIN' TOOTIN' RHYTHM, and it's interesting to note the the script was based on a story by Johnston McCulley, the prolific pulp author and creator of Zorro.
Animated News (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... potential hero characters that would mine the same potential. Since his creation by pulp author Johnston McCulley in the 1919 Curse Of Capistrano , serialized in All-Story Weekly , Zorro has captured the imagination of readers and filmmakers alike. None other than Douglas Fairbanks picked it as a starring vehicle for his new studio United Artists (co-founded with wife Mary Pickford,...
Animated Views (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... potential hero characters that would mine the same potential. Since his creation by pulp author Johnston McCulley in the 1919 Curse Of Capistrano , serialized in All-Story Weekly , Zorro has captured the imagination of readers and filmmakers alike. None other than Douglas Fairbanks picked it as a starring vehicle for his new studio United Artists (co-founded with wife Mary Pickford,...
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
In 1957, Walt Disney and CBS introduced Zorro, a weekly television series based on the famous character created by Johnston McCulley. It was a massive success with kids, who imitated the title character by scrawling Z's on school desks all over the country. They were taken away by the Spanish Fox's exploits of derring-do, as he thwarted a number of enemies with whip and sword. Indeed,...
Blogcritics: Video (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Created by Johnston McCulley, the character of Zorro, the swashbuckling swordsman of Spanish colonial California, first appeared in All-Story Weekly in 1919. Douglas Fairbanks starred in the first film adaptation The Mark of Zorro (1920), which was such a huge hit it compelled McCulley to write over 60 Zorro stories. Zorro appeared in other films and comics, and according to Leonard...
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
In 1919, Johnston McCulley introduced the character of Zorro in the novella The Curse of Capistrano. Since then, the cunning Spanish fox has appeared onscreen in over 40 productions, beginning with two silent films starring Douglas Fairbanks. In 1940, Tyrone Power rode into theaters with , which proved to be just as popular. Modern audiences are more familiar with Sony's (1998) and (2005),...
Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Since his creation in 1919 by American pulp fiction author Johnston McCulley, the masked avenger known as Zorro has lived on in everything from comic books to cartoons to video games, even a stage musical. But it is his onscreen persona that has been the most enduring, including multiple feature film incarnations performed over the years by the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Tyrone Power,...
Dispatches from the Flying M (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... TV Zorro fifty years ago--and remains, to this day, the Zorro I see in my head when I think of Johnston McCulley's great character. Not only did I get to hang with Guy for a while, but I got to play with one of his dad's swords. As a long-time fencer and sword buff, that was a thrill rarely matched and never to be forgotten. Now (and here comes the "finally") Disney is releasing the...
ComicMix (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Walt Disney had a gift, an ability to take someone else’s property and recraft it for a modern audience. Just about every time he touched a fairy tale or legend, he struck paydirt. Look what he did with Grimm’s fairy tales or A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh. Largely overlooked these days is the incredibly popular 1950s television series based on Johnston McCulley’s...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... of books, movie serials, films, TV shows and comics since his creation in 1919 by pulp writer Johnston McCulley. Tickets are priced from £8. Call the box office on 0131-228 1404.