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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),...
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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,...
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Disco Nap (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Last night I watched a film called San Francisco, which featured Clark Gable and the winsome Jeanette MacDonald, who my IMDB research reveals was one of most popular filmstars in America in the1930s and 40s. I love how enthusiastic the public were about stars back then – a nationwide poll elected a “King and Queen of Hollywood” every year and in 1939 Jeanette won; her king was Tyrone Power,...