Don Q, Son of Zorro – Silent (1925)

Description

Don Q, Son of Zorro is a 1925 American silent romantic adventure film that is sequel to the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel Don Q.’s Love Story, written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 (after Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard’s death) into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro.

The film was well-received: the New York Times rated it one of its top ten movies of 1925.

Cast:

• Douglas Fairbanks as Don Cesar de Vega / Zorro
• Mary Astor as Dolores de Muro
• Jack McDonald as Gen. de Muro
• Donald Crisp as Don Sebastian
• Stella De Lanti as the Queen
• Warner Oland as The Archduke
• Jean Hersholt as Don Fabrique Borusta
• Albert MacQuarrie as Colonel Maatsado
• Lottie Pickford as Lola (credited Lottie Pickford Forrest)
• Charles Stevens as Robledo
• Tote Du Crow as Bernardo
• Martha Franklin as The Duenna
• Juliette Belanger as The Danger
• Roy Coulson as Dancer’s Admirer
• Enrique Acosta as Ramon