LAURIER, PORT CHALMERS
The magnificent and terrifying spectacle of the armies of two worlds at battle; the colour, pageantry ,and rustic beauty of the Middle'Ages; the poignant romance of a king and queen whose lovo changed the course of world history—from these story elements Cecil P. de'Mille created the plot of the most spectacular and daring picture he has ever produced. ' The Crusades,' which commences to-day at the [jaiirier. Port Chalmers. Featuring Loretta Young and Henry Wilcoxon, with a supporting cast of over 100 name players, and thousands of extras, the picture recreates that magnificent period of the history when tli.! combined armies of the kings of Europe followed the fanatical Peter on the crusade to wrest the Holy Land from the Saracens. Wilcoxon plays liichard the Lionheart, commander of the combined armies. Loretta Young is Perengaria, the girl he had to marry in order to secure supplies for his soldiers. Tan Keith is cast as Paladin, and Katherine de Millo, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Rchildkraut, and Ajan Hale are prominent in the supporting cast.
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Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 5
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175LAURIER, PORT CHALMERS Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 5
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