Atlantic (1929)

Director:

Ewald André Dupont

Writers:

Victor Kendall (writer)
Ernest Raymond (play)

Release Date:

4 October 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A thunderbolt of drama impossible to describe!

Plot:

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story. |

Plot Keywords:

Titanic | Ship Wreck | Disaster | Beautiful Woman | Based On Play

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Franklin Dyall	...	John Rool
Madeleine Carroll	...	Monica
John Stuart	...	Lawrence
Ellaline Terriss	...	Alice Rool
Monty Banks	...	Dandy
Donald Calthrop	...	Pointer
John Longden	...	Lanchester
Arthur Hardy	...	Maj Boldy
Helen Haye	...	Clara Tate-Hughes
D.A. Clarke-Smith	...	Freddie Tate-Hughes
Joan Barry	...	Betty Tate-Hughes
Francis Lister	...	Padre
Gordon James	...	Captain Collins (as Sydney Lynn)
Syd Crossley	...	Telegraphist
Dino Galvani	...	Steward

Also Known As:

Titanic: Disaster in the Atlantic (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min | UK:87 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

UK:A | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

British International Pictures Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British International Pictures (BIP)

Trivia:

Besides its overseas release, the German version was shown at the Alhambra, Leicester Square, London, to cater for the large German population living in London prior to World War II.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Middleman: The Cursed Tuba Contingency (#1.7)" (2008)

Early Titanic Stinker

Yes I know "talkies" had just been invented for the cinema 2 years earlier when this was produced in 1929 but this film showed that much had to learnt about the art of producing films.It comes over as a filmed "hammy" stage play with the actors melodramatically enunciating their lines,rolling their eyes, using too many pregnant pauses and using gestures more appropriate to silent cinema, which I suppose was normal during the process of educating them to appear more naturalistic on screen.The gaps between lines spoken should have been tightened up during editing as it considerably slows the film.It is now only of interest for Titanic buffs who want to see an early example of this marine accident on film.In next chronological order they could see "Titanic" (1953) A Night to Remember (1958)"Titanic (1997), to see how the cinema's depiction of this tragedy as evolved over the years.There have been many documentaries and TV films made including the atrocious "SOS Titanic" (1979) On my version which is a DVD, David McCallum gives the introduction.It was he who played Harold Bride Marconi's junior wireless operator in "A Night to Remember"(still the best feature film - please read my "Tribute to Walter" comments on IMDb under Howard Morley.demon.co.uk)and gave the commentary on the series of 4 videos entitled "End of a Dream" so he was well qualified to give the narration.Of more interest I found was a recording accompanied by actual photos of the 1912 US Senate hearing which is also on the DVD.Actors speak the actual words spoken by Lightoller 2nd officer, J Bruce Ismay,Managing director of White Star, Harold Bride and others including Gloria Stewart (The "old Rose" in Titanic 1997) whose voice is used for one of the first class women survivors.