Archive for July, 2009
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Friday, July 31st, 2009Youtube video promo of the Nazi film version of the Titanic – 1943 Release.
The Nazi German film version of the Titanic.
Before James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster Titanic, the Hollywood Titanic of 1953, the 1958 British film A Night to Remember, and the 1997 Broadway musical Titanic – there was the Nazi German film Titanic.
The TITANIC Movies – Complete List – From the Cinema to TV
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Barbara Stanwick says goodbye to Clifton Webb in the 20th Century TITANIC
The TITANIC Movies – Complete List – From the Cinema to TV
Cruise History: The RMS TITANIC has been the subject of many films. From the Cinema to TV. From Nazi produced to James Cameron’s over the top Titanic.
NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
Here is a [...]
“Titanic” to be re-released in 3D
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Cruise History News from http://cruiselinehistory.com/.
“Titanic” to be re-released in 3D – Many films (for the Cinema and TV) were made about the ill-fated ship. From a banned Nazi version to Cameron’s over the top blockbuster.
A little bit over a decade ago, the movie Titanic became a real box office smasher with girls crying their [...]
1950s ALASKA CRUISE – Retro August 1954 look at the final days of the Alaska Steamship Company
Wednesday, July 29th, 20091950s ALASKA CRUISE – Retro August 1954 look at the final days of the Alaska Steamship Company with a history of the famous organization that provided passenger service to the far north.
A fond farewell. The SS Denali ends the era of passenger service for the Alaska Steamship Company as she makes her final departure and [...]
P&O Liners – San Francisco Bay – 1960s
Tuesday, July 28th, 20091960s – Photo from Cruise History – San Francisco, California – P&O liners SS CANBERRA (docked at the Matson Line pier) and the SS ARCADIA (in background) sailing away.
GALE STORM DIES – STARRED IN “OH SUSANNA” THE FIRST TV SERIES ON A CRUISE SHIP
Sunday, July 26th, 2009GALE STORM DIES – STARRED IN “OH SUSANNA” THE FIRST TV SERIES ON A CRUISE SHIP (BEATING OUT LOVE BOAT) – ABOARD AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINE’S SS PRESIDENT WILSON
Gale Storm with ZaSu Pitts in the 1950s TV Series aboard a cruise ship.
Cruise History looks at Gale Storm who starred in a TV series that took [...]
THE ANDREA DORIA TRAGEDY HAPPENED 56 YEARS AGO ON JULY 25th
Saturday, July 25th, 2009THE ANDREA DORIA TRAGEDY HAPPENED ON THIS DAY 56 YEARS AGO.
Cruise History looks back at July 25, 1956. The 56th Memorial Anniversary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria. The first SOS reached the Coast Guard station in East Moriches, Long Island, and an armada of ships were dispatched to rescue more than 700 [...]
PULLMAN IN BRITAIN – LUXURY DAY TRAVEL
Friday, July 24th, 2009Few people know that George Pullman’s hands stretched across the pond.
The Pullman name existed in the United Kingdom for many years.
Cruising the past looks at this famous British company, their Pullman trains and a video of the Brighton Belle.
Youtube video of the final run of the PULLMAN BRIGHTON BELLE in 1972…
The British Pullman Car Company [...]
THE PULLMAN COMPANY IN AMERICA
Friday, July 24th, 2009Cruising the past looks at rail travel in America aboard the Pullman Company sleeping cars – when trains were truly first class and cross-country rail trips were a cruise.
For great coverage of The Pullman Company check this issue of Classic Trains and clink on this link.
THE PULLMAN COMPANY
George Pullman was inspired by an overnight [...]
GRETA GARBO “SLEEPS” AT BERLIN’S HOTEL ADLON
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009GRETA GARBO “SLEEPS” AT BERLIN’S HOTEL ADLON – Travel Social History: Greta Garbo and many celebrities stayed at the HOTEL ADLON Kempinski. The finest hotel in BERLIN. One of the great hotels of the world. Berlin was a port of call by train in 1929 — after sailing from New York to Germany aboard the [...]
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