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Titanic (1953) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Charles Brackett.

Academy Awards 1953 --- Ceremony Number 26 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; Set Decoration: Stuart ReissNominated
Best WritingCharles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard BreenWon
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Titanic ( 1953 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Apr 15, 2022 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

On April 15th, 1912, in the early morning hours, the luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the waters of the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Over 1,500 passengers perished in one of the worst ocean disasters in history. Today marks the 110th anniversary of this tragic event, and so we'll be rev... Read full article


TITANIC (1953)

By Terry on Mar 7, 2019 From Stardust and Shadows

James Cameron’s mega budget picture aside, the sinking of the? Titanic, first and foremost, is a human story. The sinking of the unsinkable has been filmed many times,? beginning in silent film to the definitive British production A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1958).? ?Director Jean Negulesco’s? ... Read full article


Classic Movie Travels: Nova Scotia, Canada – The King and I, and Titanic

By Annmarie Gatti on Apr 15, 2017 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Classic Movie Travel Sites in Halifax, Nova Scotia I had the pleasure of visiting Nova Scotia over the summer, and as any true-blue Classic Movie Fan would do, I just had to find some classic-movie-related sites to make my trip complete! That said, I’d like to share some photos and a youtube c... Read full article


Titanic

By Michael on Feb 10, 2016 From Le Mot du Cinephiliaque

Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind, but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. With a budget of over 200 millions of dollars, this epic romance disaster movie is one of the most iconic film of the 1990’s for being t... Read full article


Titanic (1953)

By Beatrice on Oct 20, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Titanic Directed by Jean Negulesco Written by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Ricard L. Breen 1953/USA Twentieth Century Fox First viewing/Netflix Rental Julia Sturges: Be brave Annette. These tragedies happen sometimes in life. What’s a film about the Titanic disaster without a litt... Read full article


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Quotes from Titanic:

Maude Young: [running to the lifeboat] Give me one of them paddles!


Richard Sturges: [after a crewman plays a trumpet to announce dinner] Why do the British find it necessary to announce dinner as if it were a calvalry charge.


Richard Sturges: [after Richard and Julia have been quarreling over who will have custody of their son] May dear Julia, I've been around enough bridge tables to recognize someone who's holding a high trump - play it now if you will.
Julia Sturges: We'll discuss it later.
Richard Sturges: Now!
Julia Sturges: All right, Richard. One question first?
Richard Sturges: If it's about Norman, you know the answer. No court in the world, no power in the heavens can force me to give up my son.
Julia Sturges: He is not your son.


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Facts about Titanic:

Working titles for this film were "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Passenger List."
This was Edmund Purdom's theatrical film debut in an uncredited part as Second Officer Lightroller.
All navigational details of this film-conversations, incidents and general data-are taken verbatim from the published reports of inquiries held in 1912 by the Congress of the United States and the British Board of Trade.
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