1930s

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irishtimes.com	WHY DID 'TITANIC' LOOM SO LARGE IN OUR IMAGINATIONS? IN THE LATE 1930s, Alfred Hitchcock considered making a film based on the sinking of Titanic but concluded that it would not be possible because it would lack the essential ingredient of his movies: suspense. Those of us who were bored rigid by James Cameron’s leaden cinematic epic may be inclined to agree....	4th June 2011
Toronto Star	GLORIA STUART THE ELDER ROSE IN TITANIC DIES AT 100 Gloria Stuart a 1930s Hollywood leading lady whose first significant role in nearly 60 yearsas the centenarian survivor of the Titanic in James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning film about the ill-fated ocean linerearned her an Academy Award nomination has died. She was 100....	28th September 2010
	CHEROKEE 1930s snapshot of the Mohawk's sister ship Cherokee. She proved to be the least lucky of the Clyde-Mallory sisters. SheÂ collided with aÂ sailing vessel, the Bright in 1927, and rammed and sank the British vessel Welcombe off Jacksonville Florid...
	JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ...
	EDITH RUSSELL'S PARIS BROTHEL How a Titanic survivor nearly bought a house of ill-repute!...
Swann Galleries	STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR OCEAN LINER AUCTION New York—It was standing room only at Swann Galleries on March 4 for the two-part sale of The Christopher Bou Collec...	15th March 2010
Shepton Mallet Journal	REDISCOVERED POSTCARD STRENGTHENS LINK BETWEEN TOWN AND TITANIC Castle Cary's connection with the world's most famous shipping disaster has been strengthened still further. This is because a New Forest pensioner has discovered a postcard found on the ship, which was to be sent to the wife of a local butcher....	2nd March 2000
Gare Maritime	THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....	10th July 2007
	DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE Dorsey Murdock Dixon (14 October 1897 - 17 April 1968) - Guitar, Vocals Howard Dixon (19 June 1903 - 24 March 1961) - Steel Guitar Dorsey Dixon and his younger brother Howard were born in the South Carolina mill town of Darli...	25th January 1938
Gare Maritime	QUEEN MARY AND FAT RASCALS ON OFFER IN YORKSHIRE Gavin Murphy 1930s Art Deco in a York tea shop...	19th September 2002
	THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC The Titanic was a common subject for folk and blues singers in the 1920s and '30s. Artistes such as Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Ernest V. Stoneham and Vernon Dalhart all recorded Titanic numbers. Most had a common theme and derivation ...	1927