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...Mille's latest brian child, "The Crusades," has just moved into the Majestic for an indefinite run with all seats reserved. It covers the first crusade from the time Richard of England agrees to fight for the Holy Land up through the fall of Acre and the peace with Saladin. Although Mr. DeMille's fame can hardly be said to rest on his lightness of touch, his brilliant handling of great masses of people and an obvious striving for authenticity more than make...
Oldtime religious uproar, as an excuse for battles, trick photography and downstairs orgies; is the basic DeMille formula. In Palestine, The Crusades gets its second wind and builds up to two of the liveliest climaxes in its director's career. The first arrives when Saladin (Ian Keith), the Saracen leader, kidnaps Berengaria. Richard hurries a siege tower, ladders and catapults to the walls of Acre, from which Saladin's soldiers shower arrows, spears and boiling oil. The second comes when, finding that Saladin is not in Acre but Jerusalem, the cavalry of the two armies meet...
...their last desperate attempt. It succeeded; the Holy City was theirs; they killed for two days. After the Battle of Ascalon secured their position, most of the First Crusaders went home, left Godfrey of Bouillon as Jerusalem's king. Christians held the city for 88 years, till Saracen Saladin captured it in his Holy...
...characters in superfluity. The King figures in the spotlight but he is too ancient for throbbing sentiment. Accordingly, Sir Kenneth, Knight of the Leopard, is included to play foil for Lady Edith Plantagenet. An amazing trick dog is present. Many hundreds of film feet are devoted to the Sultan Saladin, Saracen opponent of Richard in the Third Crusade. The scene is Palestine...