like his father a generation before and a young californian caballero must fight against treachery and evil in high place . don q son of zorro be douglas fairbanks rouse sequel to his previous hit film and the mark of zorro ( 1920 ) . much more expansive and elaborate than the first film and fairbanks show what he learn about produce silent swashbuckler in the intervening five year . mix history and spectacle and lot of action and doug always give his audience their money worth . by this point in his career and fairbanks be the absolute master of the swashbuckler . whether romance a fair señorita and fight off horde of enemy swordsman and or jump all about the architecture and his infectious grin and superb athletic prowess never fail to charm the viewer . and here he get to charm twice and play both father and son very nicely . doug be give wonderful support from three excellent character actor represent warner oland a a silly austrian archduke whose foolish behavior precipitate the movie crisis while jean hersholt a a social climbing buffoon who get more than he bargain for while and vile donald crisp ( who also direct ) a the villain who want both fairbanks life and sweetheart . although give little to do and mary astor be still a lovely heroine worth the fighting of several duel . but this remain fairbanks film . his powerful personality and spectacular stunt not only dominate the movie and but also have ensure him an unassailable niche in hollywood history .