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Did Zorro wear a cape in this film?


I always thought Zorro looked kind of lame without the silken cape. Did he wear it in this film? Every picture I've seen of Power doesn't show him wearing a cape.

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Sorry to break it to all of you... but YES, Power does don the cape in several scenes. And Disney didn't invent the cape... get the DVD of the 1920 "The Mark Of Zorro" with Douglas Fairbanks. He wore the cape on occasion in that version also. In fact, Fairbanks bought the rights to the Johnston McCulley story of "The Curse Of Capistrano", co-wrote, produced and starred in the 1920 version. And... even Guy Williams didn't ALWAYS wear the cape...

But, you are right... who could ever imagine Zorro without his cape?? :-)

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you are 100% correct. I started to read the thread, then scrolled down to set the record straight - and you already had!!!!

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in most scenes he does not wear a cape of any kind. IN a few scenes he wears a cloak to fully disguise himself.

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i love how people can give an answer that they are sure is right without seeing the movie...

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The answer is no. He did wear a black robe in one scene because underneath he had on his Diego clothes and he needed to make a quick change. However to the people here who think Guy Williams' series started the tradition of Zorro wearing a cape, here's a picture of the cover of the first Zorro comic.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/The_Curse_of_Capistrano.jpg

The reason that they didn't use it in the old serials is because of how dangerous it would have been to do the stunts. Plus they were going for more of a western vibe than swashbuckling. I have no idea why he didn't wear one in The Mark of Zorro though.

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He did wear a cape in a few scenes, he is also with cape while riding his horse.

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Yes, he did wear a cape, because there's one scene where he swings up onto his horse and those 1940's costume designers knew their stuff, because the cape swirled out in a big arc when did the leap. He may not have worn it for the swordfighting, but he certainly did in at least that one scene.

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In an early serial called "The Return of Zorro" which took place in modern times
he doesn't wear a cape.

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It's very likely that the reason that the cape swirled was that very small lead weights were sewn into the edge of the cape. However, for the sake of safety, the cape would have been a dangerous incumbrance in the fencing scenes.

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