The Crusades was certainly DeMille's own version of history and because of this, bore little resemblance to historic fact. This caused the critics to be brutal even though it was a box office success. Regardless, he had become the master of the screen epic and of the technique of weaving spectacle, sex, and inspiration together into a great story. Starring: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, C. Aubrey Smith, Katherine DeMille (his daughter) and Ian Keith.