LA Conservancy celebrates two decades of presenting classic films and live entertainment in the historic movie palaces of Los Angeles. introducing thousands of Angelenos to these unique architectural treasures. This year’s series celebrates the city itself, with films featuring Los Angeles as site and/or subject. All films will be shown in downtown’s Broadway historic theatre district, which has the highest concentration of historic theatres in the country.
The Mark of Zorro
(20th Century Fox, 1940, 94 minutes, black/white)
Experience nineteenth-century Los Angeles with the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro (Tyrone Power) in this classic 1940 tale of romance and adventure. The dashing Power battles sinister Basil Rathbone to save Los Angeles from the oppressive Spanish alcalde (mayor), while winning the heart of heroine Linda Darnell. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, the film received an Oscar nomination for Alfred Newman’s original score.
Print and film still courtesy of 20th Century Fox and UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Additional Special Program: 1936 film tour of 20th Century Fox Studios.
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