Originally released as 'Zorro And The Gay Blade'
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SinemaGirl — 13 years ago(January 22, 2013 04:33 PM)
As much as I like to rely on my own memory (which ain't no slouch, either), I find it helpful to support it with some kind of verification. In this case, contemporary issues of BOXOFFICE magazine would be most likely to have the original title. I might have issues from that time (and I think they're also online), but I don't have presently have time to research it, as ironically, I'm preparing for company to whom I'll be showing our 16mm print of
Zorro, The Gay Blade
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jdw2691 — 13 years ago(March 05, 2013 06:26 PM)
I still have a newspaper from 1981 that has my grandmother's obituary in it, and it has the ad in the movie section where it is "Zorro the Gay Blade"and I used to have the novelization where it was "Zorro the Gay Blade."
Not to mention there is even a line spoken by "Bunny" where he says, "I want the world to recognize Zorro, the gay blade."
No offense, but I think the OP has incorrect memories.
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ShadowsGathered — 11 years ago(August 25, 2014 08:40 PM)
I know this has nothing to do with the discussion at hand, but I wanted to say that I saw
Star Wars
about 12 times at the theater back in 1977, and it was titled just that -
Star Wars
anyone who thinks they saw "Episode IV, A New Hope" attached to the title is completely delusional!
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bbark1 — 11 years ago(February 24, 2015 10:29 AM)
I'm getting here a bit late because my girlfriend and I watched this just last weekend, and I also remember this being released as "Zorro, The Gay Blade", and ShadowsGathered is also correct about Star Wars,the "A New Hope" subtitle was added after it was re released.
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bradelli — 11 years ago(March 19, 2015 04:15 PM)
MMMM Star Wars, I believe in the opening crawl up the screen, the first words at the beginning are, "Episode IV A NEW HOPE" since it supposedly was Episode IV of a pretend Saturday afternoon serial movie.
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ShadowsGathered — 11 years ago(March 20, 2015 08:57 AM)
All right, I'm going to admit I don't remember everything about the "screen crawl up" so perhaps you're right on that point I was just saying that the title of the movie, at that time, was simply
Star Wars
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jriddle73 — 1 year ago(January 14, 2025 04:32 AM)
No, I'm–ahem–old enough to have lived through the original release: it was always ZORRO THE GAY BLADE. I've never even heard the other title.
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