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Walt Disney's Zorro: The Complete First Season (Colorized)

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I bought the series from Disney before they offered the box set. It was much pricier individually than it is now. If you remember watching this show when it first aired, or even more recently on Vault Disney you might be in for a shock: The sharp image of the original is gone. It has been replaced by the bad decades old colorized version that they used for syndication. When these were colorized it affected the clarity immensely. My question to Disney is: Who do you think wants to watch this show? If it's young kids who won't watch anything in black and white you're on to something. If it's people who remember and love this show already you've missed the boat by changing it. You already have both versions at your disposal. Why not release both so we can decide which one we want to fork our money over to you for?
I'm just saying... My videotaped edition from the final Zorro marathon on TDC looks better than these DVDs.

The original series with Guy Williams as Zorro set the standard for the character and the movies that have followed. A charming man who abhored violence in public but secretly changed into the avenger and saved his people from injustice. Of course then, there was little violence as compared to television or movies of today. Disney did a great job creating this character and series for television. I enjoyed it then and thanks to Disney restoring and releasing the episodes on DVD, I can enjoy it all over again. This DVD release is not available to the general public and can only be purchased by club members.

Great show for any family to watch. They don't make them like this anymore. Just wish Season 2 would be released but if I know Disney it won't happen because they are too busy rereleasing their animated classics over and over and over and over. Case in point: 101 Dalmations, Jungle Book, Little Mermaid, The Lady and The Tramp, Toy Story, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, The Fox and The Hound, Dumbo and the list goes on and on. If they'd do them right the first time they could focus on their unreleased TV shows and other movies.
Season 1 (1957 - 1959):
Episode 1 - Presenting Señor Zorro
Episode 2 - Zorro's Secret Passage
Episode 3 - Zorro Rides to the Mission
Episode 4 - The Ghost of the Mission
Episode 5 - Zorro's Romance
Episode 6 - Zorro Saves a Friend
Episode 7 - Monastario Sets a Trap
Episode 8 - Zorro's Ride into Terror
Episode 10 - Garcia's Secret Mission
Episode 11 - Double Trouble for Zorro
Episode 12 - Zorro, Luckiest Swordsman Alive
Episode 13 - The Fall of Monastario
Episode 14 - Shadow of Doubt
Episode 15 - Garcia Stands Accused
Episode 16 - Slave of the Eagle
Episode 17 - Sweet Face of Danger
Episode 18 - Zorro Fights His Father
Episode 19 - Death Stacks the Deck
Episode 20 - Agent of the Eagle
Episode 21 - Zorro Springs a Trap
Episode 22 - The Unmasking of Zorro
Episode 23 - The Secret of the Sierra
Episode 24 - The New Commandante
Episode 25 - The Fox and the Coyote
Episode 26 - Adios, Senor Magistrado
Episode 27 - The Eagle's Brood
Episode 28 - Zorro By Proxy
Episode 29 - Quintana Makes a Choice
Episode 30 - Zorro Lights a Fuse
Episode 31 - The Man with the Whip
Episode 32 - The Cross of the Andes
Episode 33 - The Deadly Bolas
Episode 34 - The Well of Death
Episode 35 - The Tightening Noose
Episode 36 - The Sergeant Regrets
Episode 37 - The Eagle Leaves the Nest
Episode 38 - Bernardo Faces Death
Episode 39 - The Eagle's Flight

I want to thank the Chi-town Hustler "Lucky Lithuanian" for his review and suggestion for this product. The 1st Season of Zorro is available through the Disney Movie Club. I paid $30.90 for all 5 volumes, 39 episodes. A flashback to the past--and great fun! js

I really loved watching these before the demise of "Vault Disney" on the Disney channel.

The casting and characters were brilliant. Guy Williams is the ideal Zorro for me. He's dashing, charming and intelligent. Garcia is good hearted, but still one of the bad guys. If he wasn't always screwing up, he'd actually BE bad. The villans are well chosen and acted and the damsels are beautiful. I love seeing guest stars like Sebastion Cabot and so many other familiar faces.

Can you believe there was a time when you'd get 38-40 full episodes in a single season? Now it's what, 13 to 22? You get a lot of entertainment value when you buy some of these older series.

There is no gory or excessive violence, vulgarity or blatant sex, yet it still holds my attention well. I wonder if I am drawn to like it because it is genuniely good or just so nostalgic for me. I'm sure it's both.

According to our good friends over at tvshowsondvd, a complete restored series set, yes both seasons in pristine B&W, are due out Novmber 3, 2009. Packed with introductions by Lenard Maltin, 2 hour long specials on both sets and packaged in Disney's tin metal cases, similar to Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Davy Crockett Televised Series, complete with serial numbers.

This is the news Zorro fans have been waiting decades for. Check out these links for Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro - The Complete First Season and Walt Disney Treasures: Zorro - The Complete Second Season. I for one will be first in line at the pre-order page!

So I ordered this box set on 12/14 and I knew it was going to be close but it was for a Christmas gift for my father. The 23rd came around and it still hadn't arrived. It was my own fault for ordering it so close to Christmas, but I got my own little Christmas miracle. There it was in my mailbox on December 24th! I was so happy that I could wrap my gift and present it to my dad that night!
The dvds are great! It was what I wanted and more, and my father was happy because we thought that the colored versions were going to be greatly different and not as good as the original black and white (which is what he was used to) but the colored version was better! We both enjoy the dvds very much and now my dad has enrolled us in fencing lessons so we can be just like Zorro!
The perfect gift for the Zorro enthusiast, this purchase was priceless! =)

Disney really hit the mark when they produced this show in the late 50's. It has everything you want in an action show: great action, adventure, pretty girls, a little comedy, and, of course, a sword (or whip) fight in every episode. Good and right always win the day! The plots are thin, but that doesn't matter. The production and sheer fun of the show make up for it. Some of the episodes stand alone, others are in serial format, usually in groups of 3.

There are several things that make this show really stand out. First, Guy Williams is fabulous. To me, he will always be the consummate Zorro. He was an accomplished fencer before the show began, and it shows. The sword fights in this series are absolutely first-rate--Williams had to hold back a little when he was fighting with the bad guys. Second, Williams had the second most famous grin in Hollywood (after Burt Lancaster, of course). He just seemed to be enjoying everything he did on the show. Third, the Keystone Cop-like antics of Sgt. Garcia and his lancers give the show an added boost--comedy relief.

Disney has now colorised the series. I don't mind watching shows in BW and am usually bothered by colorisation. But Disney did a great job and I hardly noticed it had been colorised. An added bonus is that the viewer gets to see the many colorful outfits that Diego, the Dons, and ladies wear. I had never realised they were so colorful and impressive.

All in all, it's just a lot of good, clean fun. Fit for the whole family.
Get it, you'll be glad you did. It will bring back a lot of good memories and the kids will enjoy it as well. There's enough action to keep today's kids interested.

Wow ! In color.Zorro was my first hero as far as I can remember.The lead actor had the same first name as I.Hey ! I was just an impressionable 5 yearold at the time.Can hardly wait for the remaining 43 episodes.Que de souvenirs !

I,m almost 50 years old and this 1957 Zorro series is somewhat new to me. Oh I was aware of its existence, but being a child that preferred cartoons, giant monsters, and space adventures, Zorro was not much of a consideration for me. It was Guy Williams' other series Lost In Space that appealed to me much more. Without going into a lengthy how I suddenly became interested in Zorro, let's just say I suddenly became interested in Zorro. But unfortunately the pricing on these sets kept them out of my reach for a long time. I just couldn't see dropping over a hundred dollars a season just on the nostalgiac opinions of a few people. So I got season 2 first because of it's questionable "fair" price of under 60 dollars. So as I watched the episodes I thought to myself this show's good I guess, nothing great, but pretty good. So being the fair person that I try to be, when this Season 1 set was under 80 dollars I jumped at it. Now I know what people are talking about. Guy Williams IS Zorro. Zorro Season 1 is an outstanding show of drama, adventure, comedy, and suspense. In fact many episodes could be edited into several movies worthy of theatrical release. I also want to mention that there are no extra features, but the colorization looks very good. The fun thing is you can watch this whole set in color then go back and watch it over again in black and white by turning off the color on your TV. Coming Soon: A review for Walt Disney's Zorro the complete second season.