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Director:

Jean Negulesco

Writers:

Charles Brackett (written by) &
Walter Reisch (written by) ...
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Release Date:

21 August 1953 (West Germany) more

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!

Plot:

Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America... more | full synopsis

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more

User Comments:

Holds Its Own more (67 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Nearer My God to Thee (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Canada:PG (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1995) | USA:Approved (PCA #16223) | Germany:6


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

To ensure authenticity, the producers recruited a former captain of the Queen Elizabeth as a technical consultant, and no background music was played during the feature film-the only music heard was that of the musicians aboard the ship. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: The stern of the Titanic rose while it sank. It didn't reach 30 degrees at the very end, it reached 30 degrees at least 10 minutes before it broke in two and then made it's final plunge. more

Quotes:

Gifford "Giff" Rogers: If you get a good omlette, who cares whether the chicken likes you or not? more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000) (V) more

Soundtrack:

Far Above Cayuga's Waters more


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Holds Its Own, 18 February 2007
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Although not as honored as the 1997 Leonardo DiCaprio-Kate Winslet story about the Titanic disaster, this version of Titanic starring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck can definitely hold its own. In fact it got an Oscar itself in 1953 for Best Story and Screenplay.

Although there was a lot more sociology in the 1997 blockbuster, people do remember most from it the story of ill fated young love between DiCaprio and Winslet. In this version we're dealing with an older married couple whose marriage is on the rocks. The old story of staying together for their children's sake is what's holding them together. But Stanwyck isn't having any more.

It's her children, Harper Carter and Audrey Dalton, that she's most concerned about. Though American from the Middle West, due to their father's influence they're taking on old world and very haughty airs. And you can't get more haughty than Clifton Webb on screen.

Brian Aherne is the foolish, but brave Captain Smith whose eagerness to do the bidding of his employers and set a record crossing led to the disaster. Robert Wagner has a nice role as the young college kid who Stanwyck tries to match up with Dalton to wean her away from her father's fascination with titled nobility.

Also look for good performances by Thelma Ritter as the Molly Brown in all but name role, Richard Basehart as the defrocked priest and Allyn Joslyn as the eager social climber.

It's Webb and Stanwyck who carry the story. Webb who originally is an snob, shows in fact some real character during the disaster. And Barbara Stanwyck's last moments as the film ends are some of then best in her long distinguished career.

It's your father's Titanic and a good one too.

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