A Night To Remember Titanic
Gordon holdom baritone sang the song nearer my god to thee dubbed.
A night to remember titanic. Desmond llewelyn makes an uncredited. The film is based on walter lord s book that describes what happened to the ship that by all accounts could not sink. In 1912 the luxurious titanic is the largest vessel afloat and is widely believed to be unsinkable. A night to remember is a 1955 non fiction book by walter lord that depicts the sinking of the rms titanic on 15 april 1912.
Lord interviewed 63 survivors of the disaster as well as drawing on books memoirs and articles that they had written. On april 14 1912 the unsinkable titanic struck an iceberg. The book was hugely successful and is still considered a definitive resource about the titanic. I love a night to remember but the one major inaccuracy is of course the ship sinking in one piece.
Next up for titanic month. In less than three hours it had plunged to the bottom of the sea taking with it more than 1 500 of its 2 200 passengers. But these powerful men were just three souls among hundreds who perished the night that the famous liner went down. Groves who had been 3rd officer of ss californian.
So i decided to edit in the s. The film is based on. A night to remember. After all the vessel boasted an impressive roll call with names such as john jacob astor benjamin guggenheim and isidor straus.
A night to remember is an extraordinary film that gives a magnificent account of the titanic tragedy. In his unforgettable render ing of walter lord s book of the same name the acclaimed british director roy ward baker depicts with sensitivity awe and a fine sense of tragedy the ship s last hours. Among the survivors attending were 4th officer h g boxhall the widow of 2nd officer lightoller and c v. 24 of 25 found this interesting.
A night to remember 1958 film plot. It is mostly the first class passengers of the titanic who we remember today.