‘Swashbuckler’: Swordplay on Film Hits 100, From ‘Mark of Zorro’ to ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’

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For exactly a century since 'The Mark of Zorro,' heroic (and less-heroic) swashbucklers have leapt into battle in the movies

This week marks the 100th anniversary of a cinematic milestone: the release of the silent film “The Mark of Zorro,” starring Douglas Fairbanks, on Nov. 27, 1920.

Based on a story by the pulp writer Johnston McCulley introducing the dashing masked vigilante character of Zorro, it is considered the first-ever “swashbuckler” film, kicking off a genre that continues to entice movie audiences a century later.

 

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