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TITANIC MOVIE – FROM 1929 – PART ONE

TITANIC MOVIE – FROM 1929 – PART ONE – Great short movie of the RMS TITANIC.

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On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its
maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from
other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the
warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this
question.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN aboard the ANTONIA GRAZA, IT’S DELOVELY, COSTUMES AND DRAG

Happy Halloween aboard the fictional SS ANTONIA GRAZA, IT’S DELOVELY, COSTUMES and DRAG.

The photo is from Ghost Ship (2002) – A horror film directed by Steve Beck. The fictional ship Antonia Graza featured in the movie is based on a real life Italian ocean liner, the SS Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956 after colliding with the MS Stockholm near Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA. The film starred Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, and Emily Browning.  The film was a dud at the box office, panned by most critics, but the photo above is certainly interesting.

Doomed American liner the SS Independence – Eerie view.

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The TITANIC Movies – Complete List – From the Cinema to TV

Barbara 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 list of Titanic movies – including many of the posters along with photos from various productions.

Many films have been made about the RMS Titanic:

In Nacht und Eis, a 1912 film produced in Germany. It was thought lost until a collector discovered a copy in his collection in 1998.
Saved from the Titanic, a 1912 film starring Titanic survivor Dorothy Gibson.
Atlantic, a 1929 film that is highly fictionalized. It was retitled Titanic: Disaster in the Atlantic in American home video releases.
Titanic, a 1943 German Nazi propaganda film directed by Werner Von Klingler.
Titanic, a 1953 film starring Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb and Robert Wagner, directed by Jean Negulesco.
A Night to Remember, a 1958 film based on the disaster. [Read more...]

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THE ANDREA DORIA TRAGEDY HAPPENED 56 YEARS AGO ON JULY 25th

THE 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 passengers.

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