The Crusader (II) (1911) User Reviews

Reasonably accurate reproductions of scenes in England

[deickemeyer · 25 February 2016]

Here is a film which embodies the romance which surrounds the Crusaders. With it is interwoven a tender love story, for each crusader in this film as he left England carried with him some token presented by her he loved. The film is picturesque and brings back the age of chivalry. We see the onset in the Holy Land, the wounding of the lover and his rival's interception of the message sent home. Eleanor waits, but the rival only returns with news of her lover's death. At last she consents to marry him, but on the wedding day the slave arrives bringing her knot of ribbon and the message that her lover lives. The Holy Land scenes were made in Cuba, some of the settings are probably reasonably accurate reproductions of scenes in England. The film is well-made and the acting is spirited and satisfactory. - The Moving Picture World, July 8, 1911