TITANIC AT THE MOVIES

 

SAVED FROM THE TITANIC - USA, 1912

Starring survivor Dorothy Gibson wearing the same dress in which she had been rescued - it was claimed.

ATLANTIC - UK, 1929

 

The first sound film made about the disaster. Highly fictionalised and doesn't refer to the Titanic explicitly - the White Star Line forbade the production company from doing so.

TITANIC - GERMANY, 1943

The "Nazi Titanic" commissioned by Goebbels. The Titanic attempts an Atlantic crossing speed record so it can manipulate the share price of the White Star Line. A German First Officer's warning is ignored.

TITANIC - USA, 1953

Hollywood's first take on Titanic - the plot centres on an estranged couple sailing on the Titanic's maiden voyage.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - UK, 1958

A docudrama based on Walter Lord's bestselling book - long regarded as the most accurate of the films.

S.O.S. TITANIC – USA. 1979

On April 14, 1912 the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage. Over 1500 people were lost. This docudrama follows the personal stories of some of the passengers and crew aboard on that fateful night. John Jacob Astor and his new bride Madeline, Laurence Beesley, Molly Brown, a group of Irish emigrants, the wireless operators and the stewards are among the characters.

RAISE THE TITANIC - USA, 1980

A group of Americans compete with the Russians to raise the ship - as a rare mineral on board could be used to avert missiles from entering US airspace.

The Chambermaid on the Titanic – France, 1997

Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. In England, Marie, saying she is a chambermaid on the Titanic and cannot get a room, asks to share his room. They do, chastely; when he awakens, she is gone, but he sees her at the sailing and gets a photo of her. When he returns home, he suspects that his wife Zoe has been sleeping with Simeon, the foundry owner. Horty goes to the bar, where his friends get him drunk and he starts telling an erotic fantasy of what happened with him and Marie, drawing a larger audience each night

TITANIC - USA, 1997

The romantic epic which became one of the most expensive films ever made. Lovers Jack and Rose are fictional but some characters are based on historical figures.

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