Zorro Swashbuckling News and Updates
Monday, November 28, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Audio Files' BEST VOICES OF 2011 - FULL CASTS
Audio File Magazine lists The Mark of Zorro among the 10 best full-cast audio productions of 2011.
http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/best_narrators_2011.html
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Zorro - Behind A New World (Upcoming New World Zorro Book)
THE BOOK OF THE TV SERIES!
At over 200 pages - with numerous unpublished color and black and white illustrations - this is the ultimate reference work on the popular TV series Zorro from the 1990s! Fans of the series, westerns and film buffs alike will all find this book interesting as it gives a very detailed insight into the origin of the series, together with extensive new interviews with the cast and crew! The book also contains a complete overview of all the episodes, guest performers, locations, and never filmed scripts, pictures of the original props and replicas. Further detailed biographies of the main characters are also included.
Size: 17cm x 26cm (7in x 10in)
Volume: 220 pages
Contents: color / b & w
Release Date: coming soon
Volume: 220 pages
Contents: color / b & w
Release Date: coming soon
Table of contents:
- Creation of a Legend
- A short-lived return
- The Starter / production of the first season
- New faces, new stories / second season
- The sound of the Z / the soundtrack to the series
- A new enemy in town / The Third Season
- The end of a new world / the fourth season
- The secret of Tor "o" nado
- Revealed - the singers of the Theme Song
also featuring
Episode guides, biographies, screenplays of never filmed episodes, unpublished photographs, and new interviews with cast and crew.
- Creation of a Legend
- A short-lived return
- The Starter / production of the first season
- New faces, new stories / second season
- The sound of the Z / the soundtrack to the series
- A new enemy in town / The Third Season
- The end of a new world / the fourth season
- The secret of Tor "o" nado
- Revealed - the singers of the Theme Song
also featuring
Episode guides, biographies, screenplays of never filmed episodes, unpublished photographs, and new interviews with cast and crew.
Translated from the German website.
This book is being published in Germany. It is believed that it will be avaiblabe in both German and English.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Henry Darrow's Book Available in March 2012
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Sandra Grabman
(580) 252-3547
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE books@benohmart.com
October 21, 2011 www.bearmanormedia.com
Coming in March, 2012!
THE TRUE STORY OF A TRAILBLAZER
Albany, GA – BearManor Media proudly announces its upcoming release, Lightning in a Bottle, by Jan Pippins and Henry Darrow.
Henry Darrow (born Enrique Tomás Delgado) catapulted to international stardom in 1967 as sexy, complex “Manolito Montoya” in the western The High Chaparral. He was the first actor of Puerto Rican heritage to star in a television series. “Henry survived and had a career when, if you were Latino, you couldn’t be just good, you had to be beyond great, and that’s Henry,” says noted writer/entertainer Rick Najera.
At the height of his fame Darrow put his career on the line to open doors for other Hispanics. He has continued to break ground for over fifty years as a working actor and was recently featured on the PBS series Pioneers of Television. Lightning in a Bottle is the must-read portrait of this inspirational, fiercely determined, endearing and enduring Emmy-winning performer
To learn about this or other BearManor Media titles, please visit our website at www.bearmanormedia.com.
About Jan Pippins
Jan grew up in Mississippi and lives in Louisiana with her husband, horses, cats and dogs. She graduated from Louisiana State University with double Master’s degrees in Sociology and Social Welfare. Please visit our website for updates at www.henrydarrowbook.com.
About BearManor Media
BearManor Media is a small press that publishes BIG books. They pride themselves on publishing quality entertainment biographies, so they often put out the first book on unique subjects. BearManor Media specializes in books with nostalgic themes like Fess Parker: TV’s Frontier Hero, Little Girl in Big Pictures, The Whistler, Ghosts of Gone With the Wind, and Voices From the Philco.
Updated 8/1/12
The book is now available in print and as an ebook on Kindle.
Print
Updated 8/1/12
The book is now available in print and as an ebook on Kindle.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Mark of Zorro sequel
Blackstone Audio has commissioned a sequel to Hollywood Theater of the Ear's The Mark of Zorro. Stay tuned for details...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Zorro and the Pirate Raiders - Zorro Rides Again Get Nice Reviews (Zorro Radio Drama)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Blog site had some nice words to say about CRT's full-cast radio drama Zorro and the Pirate Raiders.
If you grew up in the 1950s, when you think of Zorro as Guy Williams in the Disney series. Or if you grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, Duncan Regehr may have provided your vision of Zorro. Others may remember Antonio Banderas as Zorro and for many classic film buffs, it is without a doubt Douglas Fairbanks who defines the character in the silent film version.
Zorro did make it to radio in 1957, in a short-lived serial based on the Curse of Capistrano, however only two episodes of this series survive.
Zorro has been interpreted and reinterpreted so many times throughout the years that it's hard to remember that Zorro originiated in the pulp magazines in stories by Johnston McCulley. may have passed Zorro by for the most part, modern producers of radio drama have picked up the torch.
The Colonial Radio Theatre brought two of these stories to radio in Zorro and the Pirate Raiders and Zorro Rides Again.
Summaries
In Zorro and the Pirate Raiders, the commandante of the pueblo, Captain Ramon, forms an alliance with cutthroat pirates to raid the pueblo and split the booty. Ramon also orders the pirates to kill Don Diego de la Vega and kidnap his bride-to-be. Zorro thwarts the attack on Don Diego with the help of other caballeros and then pursues the pirates across the sea.
In Zorro Rides Again, Zorro has retired after The Pirate Raiders but is forced to return when an imposter begins to commit injustices in the name of Zorro. Zorro must clear his name and find the imposter before friends turn against him and the government executes.
Review
These Zorro productions are superb swashbuckling adventures. Each feature length adventure was filled with action, adventure, and surprise twists throughout the story. The sound effects were amazing, and help to transport you back to Old California.
There were differences between this production and most Zorro adaptations. The biggest was that Zorro had allies: twenty caballeros who fought alongside him. This is a stark difference between modern productions which have Zorro fighting a lone battle against evil, which has become the trend. However, the CRT's version of Zorro remains faithful to the original vision of McCulley.
Zorro and his caballeros are courageous and gallant, living by a code of honor. McCulley's vision of Zorro was as a North American version of the knights of old and this really shows through in the Colonial Radio Theater production. The cast from the stars to their supporting players were all excellent. In particular, Sam Donato shined in the role of Sergeant Garcia. Oftentimes, the role of the Sergeant in Zorro is often played as buffoon or coward, but Donato's portrayal was more nuanaced, and there was a lot more to Sergeant Garcia than meets these eyes.
There were very few flaws in these productions, and they were a result of being faithful to the source material, so I can't complain about them. I will say that when a radio drama features a fight between two guys with knives in their mouths, the theater of the mind has to work overtime to supply the images.
Overall, these are great productions that represent Zorro as he was meant to be and provide hours of fun and excitement.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0
http://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/zorro-comes-to-radio/
Zorro fans also be sure to check out The Mark of Zorro radio drama as well.
If you grew up in the 1950s, when you think of Zorro as Guy Williams in the Disney series. Or if you grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, Duncan Regehr may have provided your vision of Zorro. Others may remember Antonio Banderas as Zorro and for many classic film buffs, it is without a doubt Douglas Fairbanks who defines the character in the silent film version.
Zorro did make it to radio in 1957, in a short-lived serial based on the Curse of Capistrano, however only two episodes of this series survive.
Zorro has been interpreted and reinterpreted so many times throughout the years that it's hard to remember that Zorro originiated in the pulp magazines in stories by Johnston McCulley. may have passed Zorro by for the most part, modern producers of radio drama have picked up the torch.
The Colonial Radio Theatre brought two of these stories to radio in Zorro and the Pirate Raiders and Zorro Rides Again.
Summaries
In Zorro and the Pirate Raiders, the commandante of the pueblo, Captain Ramon, forms an alliance with cutthroat pirates to raid the pueblo and split the booty. Ramon also orders the pirates to kill Don Diego de la Vega and kidnap his bride-to-be. Zorro thwarts the attack on Don Diego with the help of other caballeros and then pursues the pirates across the sea.
In Zorro Rides Again, Zorro has retired after The Pirate Raiders but is forced to return when an imposter begins to commit injustices in the name of Zorro. Zorro must clear his name and find the imposter before friends turn against him and the government executes.
Review
These Zorro productions are superb swashbuckling adventures. Each feature length adventure was filled with action, adventure, and surprise twists throughout the story. The sound effects were amazing, and help to transport you back to Old California.
There were differences between this production and most Zorro adaptations. The biggest was that Zorro had allies: twenty caballeros who fought alongside him. This is a stark difference between modern productions which have Zorro fighting a lone battle against evil, which has become the trend. However, the CRT's version of Zorro remains faithful to the original vision of McCulley.
Zorro and his caballeros are courageous and gallant, living by a code of honor. McCulley's vision of Zorro was as a North American version of the knights of old and this really shows through in the Colonial Radio Theater production. The cast from the stars to their supporting players were all excellent. In particular, Sam Donato shined in the role of Sergeant Garcia. Oftentimes, the role of the Sergeant in Zorro is often played as buffoon or coward, but Donato's portrayal was more nuanaced, and there was a lot more to Sergeant Garcia than meets these eyes.
There were very few flaws in these productions, and they were a result of being faithful to the source material, so I can't complain about them. I will say that when a radio drama features a fight between two guys with knives in their mouths, the theater of the mind has to work overtime to supply the images.
Overall, these are great productions that represent Zorro as he was meant to be and provide hours of fun and excitement.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0
http://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/zorro-comes-to-radio/
Zorro fans also be sure to check out The Mark of Zorro radio drama as well.
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