The Mark of Zorro 1920

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The iconic mark of “Z” was first slashed on North American movie screens on November 27, 1920, with the release of the Hollywood film, “The Mark of Zorro”. The mythic tale stars a mysterious masked hero who defends the poor and exploited against the rich and oppressive (99% versus 1%). Flashing his sword, swirling his cape, and always narrowly escaping on his faithful horse, Zorro inevitably triumphs without revealing his identity, and lives to fight another day.  Hollywood megastar Douglas Fairbanks starred in this first screen version, and Hollywood actually managed to cast a Latinx actor, Antonio Banderas, for the 1998 version.  Ole!
The iconic mark of “Z” was first slashed on North American movie screens on November 27, 1920, with the release of the Hollywood film, “The Mark of Zorro.” The mythic tale stars a mysterious masked hero who defends the poor and exploited against the rich and oppressive (99% versus 1%). Flashing his sword, swirling his cape, and always narrowly escaping on his faithful horse, Zorro inevitably triumphs without revealing his identity of him, and lives to fight another day. Hollywood megastar Douglas Fairbanks starred in this first screen version, and Hollywood actually managed to cast a Latino actor, Antonio Banderas, for the 1998 version. Ole!

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, Hollywood Star

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One of Hollywood’s leading men of the 20th century, Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, was born on November 25, 1920, in Mexico City, Mexico. Montalbán entertained audiences across the Americas.  In the US, his most famous appearances were as Mr. Roarke in the TV series “Fantasy Island” and as a truly evil illegal alien in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”. For decades, Montalbán was the Go-To Guy for ethnic roles in Hollywood, and he was cast as American Indian, Babylonian, Brazilian, Cuban, and occasionally, even as a Mexican. Montalbán was deeply committed to improving the image of Latinos in the media, and he supported the activist organization, Nosotros.
Uno de los protagonistas de Hollywood del siglo XX, Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, nació el 25 de noviembre de 1920 en la Ciudad de México, México. Montalbán entretuvo al público de América. En los Estados Unidos, sus apariciones más famosas fueron como Mr. Roarke en la serie de televisión “Fantasy Island” y como un alienígena ilegal verdaderamente malvado en “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”. Durante décadas, Montalbán fue el hombre preferido para papeles étnicos en Hollywood, y fue elegido como indio americano, babilónico, brasileño, cubano y, ocasionalmente, incluso como mexicano. Montalbán estaba profundamente comprometido con mejorar la imagen de los latinos en los medios y apoyó a la organización activista Nosotros .