A Night to Remember (1958)
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Robert T. Paige
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Adam:
I will have to concede that I am in agreement with you on the Catherine Zeta-Jones version is at least in a tie with Webb-Stanwyck version for the worst "Titanic" movie ever made.
From George C. Scott's performance you get the impression that the real Captain of the Titanic was none other than General George S. Patton, Jr.
Correction: I believe this was in another movie :
And then there's that transmitter hidden in the book used for contacting the submarine. I don't believe they really had minaturized transistor radios in 1912 ? Also the sound of the code being sent. (Modern day radio sound rather than spark sound). Maybe I'm too much of a technical geek critic. LOL.
I will have to concede that I am in agreement with you on the Catherine Zeta-Jones version is at least in a tie with Webb-Stanwyck version for the worst "Titanic" movie ever made.
From George C. Scott's performance you get the impression that the real Captain of the Titanic was none other than General George S. Patton, Jr.
Correction: I believe this was in another movie :
And then there's that transmitter hidden in the book used for contacting the submarine. I don't believe they really had minaturized transistor radios in 1912 ? Also the sound of the code being sent. (Modern day radio sound rather than spark sound). Maybe I'm too much of a technical geek critic. LOL.
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Hi Robert,
Not at all, surely it's not that difficult to be historically accurate!
The Zeta-Jones film might have been better if it had been produced in its own right, but it was hugely overshadowed by the James Cameron blockbuster the following year.
Also, maybe I just got a bad version but I distinctly remember the quality of the film itself in both the 1996 mini-series and the film S.O.S. Titanic being extremely poor.
Cheers,
Adam.
Not at all, surely it's not that difficult to be historically accurate!
The Zeta-Jones film might have been better if it had been produced in its own right, but it was hugely overshadowed by the James Cameron blockbuster the following year.
Also, maybe I just got a bad version but I distinctly remember the quality of the film itself in both the 1996 mini-series and the film S.O.S. Titanic being extremely poor.
Cheers,
Adam.
Michael H. Standart
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>>Clive Cussler is living proof that you don't have to be Charles Dickens to make it in the literary world. Cussler is still churning them out!<<
Yep. I see a new title from that guy at the local Barnes and Noble every six months or so. or at least it sometimes looks that way.
Yep. I see a new title from that guy at the local Barnes and Noble every six months or so. or at least it sometimes looks that way.
Aaron_2016
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I think there are publicity photos, especially in newspapers of the day. Here is footage of the guests arriving at the premiere.
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Robert T. Paige
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As for the much maligned 1953 "Titanic", the boy meets girl "Gifford and Annette" angle IMHO is a liittle more plausible. "Upper Class Girl" and "Middle Class College Boy" who at least had his own "Blue Serge Suit" for dinner.
Robert T. Paige
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Just a thought on any possible historical connections on the 1953 "Titanic".
Are there any records of College Tennis Teams going abroad, or on the Titanic in 1912 ?
I think I read something about Jack Thayer being a tennis player, so could this have been a connection with the character "Gifford Rogers, a member of the Purdue Tennis Team.....'The P stands for Purdue, not Princeton'" (Robert Wagner) ?
Are there any records of College Tennis Teams going abroad, or on the Titanic in 1912 ?
I think I read something about Jack Thayer being a tennis player, so could this have been a connection with the character "Gifford Rogers, a member of the Purdue Tennis Team.....'The P stands for Purdue, not Princeton'" (Robert Wagner) ?
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Robert T. Paige
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Also how "Gifford Rogers" had been invited to the Captain's Table ?
As the "Captain of the Purdue Tennis Team" ?
Or by "Annette's" (Audrey Dalton) mom "Julia" (Barbara Stanwyck) ?
Also note snobbish "Richard Ward Sturges" (Clifton Webb) comment of "Young country bumpkin."
Probably all "Pure Hollywood" but just wondering if any could be based on any actual Titanic passengers ?
I have seen some reports that Cameron copied from the 1953 "Titanic" as well as the 1958 "A Night To Remember."
As the "Captain of the Purdue Tennis Team" ?
Or by "Annette's" (Audrey Dalton) mom "Julia" (Barbara Stanwyck) ?
Also note snobbish "Richard Ward Sturges" (Clifton Webb) comment of "Young country bumpkin."
Probably all "Pure Hollywood" but just wondering if any could be based on any actual Titanic passengers ?
I have seen some reports that Cameron copied from the 1953 "Titanic" as well as the 1958 "A Night To Remember."
Loutino
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Somebody have a normal-long version of this clip?
http://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/2810837?ssotoken=anonymous
http://search.alexanderstreet.com/preview/work/2810837?ssotoken=anonymous
robert warren
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Raise The Titanic had one major plot fault- that USA and Russia were at each others throats as far back as 1911. This was stupid.In 1911 Russia was an Imperialist country ruled by a czar.They had almost no interest in us,just like America regarded them as a very faraway backwater place.They were no more enemies of us than we were of them at that time. It cracks me up when the book and movie talk about spies,running gun battles, Russian cruisers detailing them etc.The book came out in 1976 during the height of the Cold War,which made everyone assume it was always that way between us and THEM.
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