"The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) The Mark of Zorro is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, that stars Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Basil Rathbone. ""The Mark of Zorro"" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score. The film was named to the National Film Registry in 2009 by the Library of Congress for being ""culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"", and to be preserved for all time. The film is based on ""The Curse of Capistrano"" written by Johnston McCulley, originally published in"
"Zorro (1990 TV series) Zorro (also known as The New Zorro, New World Zorro, and Zorro 1990) is an American action-adventure drama series featuring Duncan Regehr as the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed the fearless Latino hero and fencer on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993. The series was shot entirely in Madrid, Spain and produced by New World Television (U.S.), The Family Channel (U.S.), Ellipse Programme of Canal Plus (France), Beta TV (Germany), and RAI (Italy). 88 episodes of the series were produced, 10 more than the first ""Zorro"" television series, which was produced by Disney in the"
"Zorro (1975 Italian film) Zorro is a 1975 spaghetti Western film based on the character created by Johnston McCulley. Directed by Duccio Tessari, it stars French actor Alain Delon as Zorro. The movie, produced by an Italian studio, was filmed in Spain. On the eve of his return to Spain from the New World, Diego de la Vega (Alain Delon) meets his old friend Miguel de la Serna (Marino Masé), who is about to take up the governorship of Nueva Aragón - after his uncle Don Fernando died of “malaria” in a malaria-free region. Diego vainly warns the idealistic Miguel"
"Zurdo Zurdo, is a 2003 Mexican fantasy adventure film, directed by Carlos Salces from the same company that produced Amores Perros. Translated from Spanish, the title means ""Lefty."" It is also a nickname of Rafael Nadal due to him being a left-handed player. The story is of a young boy called Lefty, a gifted marble player who lives in an urban housing complex. One day a stranger arrives claiming to know the best marble player in the world and challenges Lefty to a contest. The news sends the townspeople into a frenzy and they put all their hopes and dreams"
"Zorro. The actor Anthony Caruso played Vásquez in a 1954 episode of the syndicated western television anthology series, ""Stories of the Century"", starring and narrated by Jim Davis. Armand Alzamora (1928-2009) played Vásquez in the 1957 episode, ""The Last Bad Man"" of the syndicated anthology series, ""Death Valley Days"", hosted by Stanley Andrews. The segment focuses on Vasquez's early life of crime, his hatred for the Americans, the prison escape, and his hanging at the age of still thirty-nine. The trunk and knife that belonged to Tiburcio are on display at the Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills, part of"
"is furious that Esmeralda has been abducted — furious with Esmeralda. Alejandro arrives and suggests that they form a search party. Fernando is less than enthusiastic. ""Zorro"" began filming on November 8, 2006 in Bogotá, Villa de Leyva and Cartagena, Colombia. Telemundo and RTI Colombia developed the show with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), while CPT Holdings is listed as copyright holder. Venezuelan screenwriter Humberto ""Kiko"" Olivieri, a fan of Disney's Zorro, developed the story. Cardinal Olivieri, a supporting character on the show, has the same last name. Telemundo aired this novela with English subtitles on the default closed captioning"
"Fuero Fuero (), Fur (), Foro () or Foru () is a Spanish legal term and concept. The word comes from Latin ""forum"", an open space used as market, tribunal and meeting place. The same Latin root is the origin of the French terms for and foire, and the Portuguese terms foro and foral; all of these words have related, but somewhat different, meanings. The Spanish term fuero has a wide range of meanings, depending upon its context. It has meant a compilation of laws, especially a local or regional one; a set of laws specific to an identified class"
"Zorro (Philippines TV series) Zorro is a 2009 Philippine television drama action series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based from the ""Zorro"" character by Johnston McCulley. Directed by Mark A. Reyes and Dominic Zapata, it stars Richard Gutierrez in the title role. It premiered on March 23, 2009 on the network's Telebabad line up. The series concluded on August 7, 2009 with a total of 98 episodes. It was replaced by ""Darna"" in its timeslot. According to AGB Nielsen Philippines' Mega Manila household television ratings, the pilot episode of ""Zorro"" earned a 35.8% rating. While the final episode"
"late 1950s. Since 2011, the series is airing in the United States on Retro Television Network as ""The New Zorro"". Sony Pictures is the distributor for this version of ""Zorro"". The series is set in early 19th-century Spanish California. When the commandant of Los Angeles, Alcalde Luis Ramone, terrorizes the people of the pueblo and oppresses them, Don Alejandro de la Vega summons home from Spain his son Diego to fight the alcalde and his men. When Diego arrives, he finds his town in a sorry state, and while pretending to have little interest in anything but books and his"
"have a son named Joaquin and Alejandro tells him the story of how his grandfather was the first Zorro and how he became and died a hero with Elena listening. Alejandro and Elena share a passionate kiss before Joaquin starts crying and Elena calms him down. The film ends with Alejandro walking down the corridor of his mansion before the door closes with Zorro pulling out his sword and making his mark with it being engulfed in flames. In October 1992, TriStar Pictures and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment were planning to start production on ""Zorro"" the following year, and hired"
"Cholo Cholo () is a loosely defined Spanish term that has had various meanings. Its origin is a somewhat derogatory term for mixed-blood descendants in the Spanish Empire in Latin America and its successor states as part of ""castas"", the informal ranking of society by heritage. The exact usage and meaning has diverged heavily across Latin America, however. ""Cholo"" no longer necessarily refers only to ethnic heritage, and is not always meant negatively. ""Cholo"" can signify anything from its original sense as mestizo (a person of mixed European and Indigenous descent), ""gangster"" (Mexico), ""person who dresses in the manner of"
"Zorro (novel) Zorro is a 2005 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. Its subject is the pulp hero Diego de la Vega, better known as El Zorro (The Fox), who was featured in an early 20th-century novel. The novel takes the form of a biography and was the first origin story for this legendary character. In terms of material, it is a prequel to Johnston McCulley's 1919 novella ""The Curse of Capistrano,"" which first featured the character of Zorro. The story incorporates details from a variety of works that have featured the pulp hero, including the 1998 film ""The Mask"
"Complete Zorro Soundtrack was released in 2012. It includes 25 tracks composed by Jay Asher and is available in CD and MP3 formats. Zorro (1990 TV series) Zorro (also known as The New Zorro, New World Zorro, and Zorro 1990) is an American action-adventure drama series featuring Duncan Regehr as the character of Zorro. Regehr portrayed the fearless Latino hero and fencer on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993. The series was shot entirely in Madrid, Spain and produced by New World Television (U.S.), The Family Channel (U.S.), Ellipse Programme of Canal Plus (France), Beta TV (Germany), and RAI"
"popular image macro of the ""typical chairo"". Chairo (slang) Chairo (feminine chaira) is a pejorative epithet used in Mexico to describe an individual who holds a far-left ideology. Similar terms in other Spanish-speaking countries include ""perroflautas"" in Spain, ""mamertos"" in Colombia, ""zurdos"" in Argentina, ""comunachos"" in Chile, and ""terrucos"" and ""caviares"" in Peru. In the 1960s, a ""chairo"" or ""chaqueto"" was a term used to refer to an adolescent who was believed to masturbate in excess and as a result was self-absorbed or distracted. The words have connection to ""chaqueta mental"", literally mental jacket. In her blog at ""El Universal"","
"Chairo (slang) Chairo (feminine chaira) is a pejorative epithet used in Mexico to describe an individual who holds a far-left ideology. Similar terms in other Spanish-speaking countries include ""perroflautas"" in Spain, ""mamertos"" in Colombia, ""zurdos"" in Argentina, ""comunachos"" in Chile, and ""terrucos"" and ""caviares"" in Peru. In the 1960s, a ""chairo"" or ""chaqueto"" was a term used to refer to an adolescent who was believed to masturbate in excess and as a result was self-absorbed or distracted. The words have connection to ""chaqueta mental"", literally mental jacket. In her blog at ""El Universal"", prominent blogger Tamara De Anda relates how"
"Zorro (musical) Zorro is a musical with music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, a book by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, and lyrics by Stephen Clark. It is inspired by the 2005 fictional biography ""Zorro"", the first original story of the pulp hero Zorro, written by Chilean author Isabel Allende (itself a prequel to the events of the original Zorro story, the 1919 novella ""The Curse of Capistrano"" by Johnston McCulley). It also contains numerous references to earlier Zorro-related works, especially the 1998 film ""The Mask of Zorro"". The original musical did a trial run tour which proved"
"Roto Roto, f. rota, (literally ""broken"") is a term used to refer to Chilean people and in particular to the common Chilean. In Chile from the start of the 20th century it was applied with a negative classist connotation to poor city-dwellers. It is also used contemptuously in other Spanish-speaking countries, especially Bolivia and Peru, to refer to Chileans in a derogatory manner. Otherwise, despite its defects, the roto is also considered a figure of national identity and pride in Chile. The term ""roto"" has been used in Peru since the times of the Spanish conquest, when Diego de Almagro's"
"Churro A churro (, ) is a fried-dough pastry—predominantly choux—based snack. Churros are traditional in Spain and Portugal, from where they originate, as well as the Philippines and Ibero-America. They are also consumed in the Southwestern United States, France and other areas that have received immigration from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries. In Spain, churros can either be thin (and sometimes knotted) or long and thick, where they are known as ""porras"" in some regions. They are normally eaten for breakfast dipped in champurrado, hot chocolate, dulce de leche or café con leche. Sugar is often sprinkled on top. The origin"
"Hórreo An hórreo is a typical granary from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (mainly Galicia, where it might be called a Galician granary, Asturias and Northern Portugal), built in wood or stone, raised from the ground by pillars (""pegollos"" in Asturian, ""esteos"" in Galician, ""abearriak"" in Basque) ending in flat staddle stones (""vira-ratos"" in Galician, ""mueles"" or ""tornarratos"" in Asturian, or ""zubiluzea"" in Basque) to prevent access by rodents. Ventilation is allowed by the slits in its walls. Similar buildings (barns) on staddle stones are found in Southern England. In some areas, ""hórreos"" are known as ""hórreu"", ""horru"" (Asturian),"
"Zorro (1957 TV series) Zorro is an American action-adventure western series produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on the Zorro character created by Johnston McCulley, the series premiered on October 10, 1957 on ABC. The final network broadcast was July 2, 1959. Seventy-eight episodes were produced, and 4 hour-long specials were aired on the Walt Disney anthology series between October 30, 1960 and April 2, 1961. For most of its brief run, ""Zorro""'s episodes were part of continuing story arcs, each about thirteen episodes long, which made it almost like a serial. The first of these chronicles the arrival of"
"""Zorro l'indomptable"" in France, ""Zorro – Der blutrote Adler"" in Germany, ""Zorro – den blodrøde ørn"" in Denmark and ""Zorro – veripunainen kotka"" in Finland. The main character is played by Robert Livingston, who would then play the actual Zorro in the movie ""The Bold Caballero"", also released in 1936. The Masked Rider, the primary mascot of Texas Tech University, is similar to Zorro. Originally called ""Ghost Rider"", it was an unofficial mascot appearing in a few games in 1936 and then became the official mascot with the 1954 Gator Bowl. Being one of the earliest examples of a fictional"
"Jarocho A jarocho is a person, item or style of music from the city of Veracruz, Mexico. One explanation of the origin of the term jarocho is that it evolved from an old Spanish word meaning brusque or disordered. Or the long spear used by fishermen in the coastal Papaloapan River. The word Jolocho is of Totonacan origin, but there are many other theories. Musical groups of jarochos are bands of minstrel musicians, who dress and play in the Veracruz style. They are distinguished by their traditional white guayabera shirts and white pants and hats; also the men wear a"
"Bonaroo Bonnaroo, or Bon-a-roo, is a New Orleans French Creole slang phrase meaning “best on the street.” The phrase is derived from French words ""bon à rue"", though the phrase does not exist in French. The term may also refer to: Origins: Jack S. Amador, of Anaheim California<br> According to Jack the term was first used by long-board surfers on the rugged California Coast in mid to late 1950s.<br> His claims surrounding the term's meaning are that it was most commonly used as a descriptive for the following: Jack continues to use this word in conversation to prove himself a"
"master for Frog Artistry. Bonaroo Bonnaroo, or Bon-a-roo, is a New Orleans French Creole slang phrase meaning “best on the street.” The phrase is derived from French words ""bon à rue"", though the phrase does not exist in French. The term may also refer to: Origins: Jack S. Amador, of Anaheim California<br> According to Jack the term was first used by long-board surfers on the rugged California Coast in mid to late 1950s.<br> His claims surrounding the term's meaning are that it was most commonly used as a descriptive for the following: Jack continues to use this word in conversation"
"original ""Zorro"" to ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981) and ""Catwoman"" (2004). The depicted usage of whips is often dramatic and wildly exaggerated, showing users reliably tripping or disarming adversaries under extraordinary circumstances, breaking substantial objects with normal blows, and use as a grappling aid among others. This last usage is particularly common, and specifically involves wrapping the whip around a fixed overhead object and using the body to swing across an open space. While this is theoretically possible, the wrap must exhibit intense strength—enough to hold the user's body weight for the entire leap— but be made of material"
"on the Walt Disney anthology television series in 1960-1961. Gene married Margaret McCann on December 11, 1944 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had two children. Sheldon died from a heart attack on May 1, 1982. Gene Sheldon Gene Sheldon (born Eugene Hume, February 1, 1908 – May 1, 1982) was an American film and television actor as well as a musician. He is remembered as the mute servant Bernardo on Walt Disney's live-action TV series ""Zorro"" (1957-1959). Born in Columbus, Ohio, Sheldon began acting at an early age, serving as stage assistant to his father Earl, a magician. His tasks"
"Zorro (Jaan Zorro) (Jan Uuspõld) is Uuno's roommate (after kicking out Uno's family). He is a devoted communist who worked as a torturer, spy and astronaut for the Soviet government. He wears a beret and two pairs of glasses. Laar (Mart Laar) (Meelis Adamson) is a women's hairdresser and a friend of Zorro and Uno. He is very peaceful, to the point of being a sissy, but also very interested in Nazism. He is constantly harassed by his mother-in-law. Ämm / The Mother-in-Law (Maali) )(Dan Põldroos) is a sadistic old lady who, after coming to live with her daughter, Maie,"
"and characterised himself by his fierceness and determination. Roto Roto, f. rota, (literally ""broken"") is a term used to refer to Chilean people and in particular to the common Chilean. In Chile from the start of the 20th century it was applied with a negative classist connotation to poor city-dwellers. It is also used contemptuously in other Spanish-speaking countries, especially Bolivia and Peru, to refer to Chileans in a derogatory manner. Otherwise, despite its defects, the roto is also considered a figure of national identity and pride in Chile. The term ""roto"" has been used in Peru since the times"
"Zorro in Hell Zorro in Hell is a satiric play by Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza, collectively known as Culture Clash. It is a profile of the legendary hero Zorro from a Latino viewpoint. The play had its initial productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the La Jolla Playhouse in 2006. It then ran at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood from July 11 - August 19, 2007. Bob Verini of ""Variety"" said the play ""is overlong and not as consistently funny as it wants to be, largely because of the troupe's habit of site-specific name-dropping as a"
"Zorro legend when he started operating as El Coyote. Coyote later told his son, ""El Cuervo"", in the stories on César Jr's adventures of late 1972 (when Jr was around 17 years old), that ""El Coyote"" debuted even younger than his son, long before aged 20. Coyote's father, who had experienced the turbulent years of Spanish and Mexican California, was Don César de Echagüe (II), who found out Coyote's true identity just prior to his death soon after César's first marriage. César's sister Beatriz (aka Beatrice) was born in 1833 - she married Washington resident, political employee and member of"
"suffix ""-zaro"" which in Basque denotes a season (compare words like ""haurtzaro"" ""childhood""), so ""time of the good ones"" literally. This suggests a derivation similar to the Spanish ""nochebuena"", but the origin of ""Onentzaro"", corresponding to the old feast of the winter solstice, is older than that of Christmas (which historically replaced the festival of Sol Invictus in 380 under Theodosius I in the Roman Empire). Other theories of derivation exist but are not generally accepted: In parts of Navarre this holiday is called ""xubilaro"" or ""subilaro"" from ""subil"", the word for a Yule log plus the suffix ""-zaro"". In"
"December 2008, the cast of ""Zorro"" performed on the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium. They did a medley of three songs from the show: ""Bamboleo""; ""Hope""; and """"Djobi Djoba"". The original cast recording was released in February 2009 and is currently available in stores. Zorro (musical) Zorro is a musical with music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, a book by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, and lyrics by Stephen Clark. It is inspired by the 2005 fictional biography ""Zorro"", the first original story of the pulp hero Zorro, written by Chilean author Isabel Allende (itself a"
"Zorro / Diego to California in 1820 and his battle of wits with the greedy and cruel local Commandante, Captain Enrique Sánchez Monastario. After Monastario's final defeat, in the second storyline, Zorro must uncover and counter the machinations of the evil Magistrado Carlos Galindo, who is part of a plot to rule California. The third story arc concerns the leader of that conspiracy, the shadowy figure of ""The Eagle,"" revealed as vain and insecure José Sebastián de Varga. It's revealed that the plot to gain control of California is so that he can turn it over to another country, implied"