reap the wild wind is a 1942 film starring ray milland , john wayne , paulette goddard , robert preston , and susan hayward , and directed by cecil b. demille , his second picture to be filmed in color .

it is based on a serialized story written by thelma strabel in 1940 for the saturday evening post .

the movie , released shortly after the united states ' entry into world war ii , was a swashbuckling adventure set in the 1840s along the florida coast , and was wildly successful .

while he based his film on strabel 's story , demille took liberties with details such as sibling relationships and sub-plots , while staying true to the spirit of the story , which centers on a headstrong , independent woman portrayed by paulette goddard .

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reap the wild wind cost $ 2 , 038 , 210 . 91 and grossed $ 4 , 000 , 000 .
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reap the wild wind is a melodrama of atlantic coastal shipping in the windjammer days , 100 years ago . it is a film possessing the spectacular sweep of colorful backgrounds which characterize the cecil demille type of screen entertainment .
reap the wild wind is a melodrama of atlantic coastal shipping in the windjammer days , 100 years ago . it is a film possessing the spectacular sweep of colorful backgrounds which characterize the cecil demille type of screen entertainment . after a short foreword by demille , the picture opens with scenes of a hurricane , shipwreck and struggle [ … ]
reap the wild wind ( john wayne ) [ dvd ] : urltoken john wayne , ray milland , susan hayward , paulette goddard , raymond massey , robert preston , charles bickford , walter hampden , janet beecher , elizabeth risdon , cecil b . de mille , alan lemay , charles bennett , jesse lasky jr : dvd & blu - ray
1934’s four frightened people begins similarly ( though in modern time ) on a series of untouched vistas , which transition to yet another ship—this one in the throes of a plague epidemic . we cut to a small life boat on which ( you guessed it ) four passengers attempt to flee disease for the safety of a nearby malayan island . the four , judy ( claudette colbert ) , arnold ( herbert marshall ) , mrs . mardick ( mary boland ) and stewart ( william gargan ) enter the natural world as caricatures each representing the superficial extremes of human behavior ( i . e . meek , masculine , stubborn , etc . ) . they seek out nature as refuge from the frailties of the human body ( the plague ) . this view of nature sharply contrasts that of reap the wild wind . here the characters seek comfort in the wild rather than run from it in a salvage ship .
, author charles higham wrote that
john wayne was extremely ill - at - ease about acting in a demille picture ; he did not relish being shouted at on the set . he had applied for the role of wild bill hickok in
the giant rubber squid used in the underwater battle was donated by the studio to the war effort in 1942 . the japanese had conquered malaya and indochina , source of most of the world ' s rubber .
roughly two thirds into reap the wild wind the drama shifts in a metaphorical sense from the body to the mind as demille transitions from the perils of the sea to the court of law . it is here that jack , removed from his usual surroundings , begins to lose ground in his battle for loxi ' s affections . jack has found himself accused of intentionally running his ship aground , and through some manipulation of narrative convolution , also of the unintentional murder of loxi ' s cousin , drusilla ( who was stowed away in the ship ' s hull during the wreck ) . as a result , both jack and steve are forced to dive to the bottom of the ocean to retrieve proof of drusilla ' s death , and it is when the camera becomes submerged that the control over the fates of these two men is returned to nature . while exploring the wreckage the pair are attacked by a giant squid . the moment is meant to be tense , but it is hard to ascribe any sense of malice to the squid . it is merely seizing an opportunity without any prior knowledge of jack and steve as they exist on the surface world . it is the squid that alludes back to nature ' s lack of sympathy towards humanity . the fact that it is steve and not jack who survives the attack comes across as entirely arbitrary . steve ' s triumph could be seen as an easy parallel for the triumph of a new , more civilized way of living , yet in this context it is a triumph by way of compromise ( the sacrifice of jack ) . civilization lives alongside nature as a series of concessions .
in 1940 , the motley crew of the british tramp steamer ss glencairn prepares the ship for its perilous voyage from the west indies to baltimore and then to england .
the movie is unusual in that it shows john wayne playing a less than scrupulously honest character . it is also one of only eleven movies in which wayne ' s character dies . paulette goddard got her part after narrowly missing out on the scarlett o ' hara role in ' gone with the wind ' . the movie is also notable for the final appearance by hedda hopper as an actress in a major role .
in 1840 , ships are the international link to commerce for the united states , but their cargo is being jeopardized by the
salvage profiteers
who loiter in the florida keys waiting for hurricanes to dash the ships against the rocks . during one such storm , mathias widgeon , first mate of the
florid , over the top de mille epic , is there any other kind ? the technicolor is vivid , the costumes are beautiful and the acting is enjoyably over the top , with the exception of susan hayward who , honey chile accent notwithstanding , gives a sweet , real performance amongst all the scenery chewing .
intrepid frontiersman chris holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade martin garth in the ohio valley following the french and indian war .
files in the paramount collection at the ampas library provide the following additional information about the film : expenses on this film rose far over the original budget , and concerned production executives urged all department heads
to make cuts wherever possible .
particularly difficult and expensive to shoot was the scene with the giant octopus . information in the files and an article in
the third film following this theme , the earlier this day and age is where the divergence seen in four frightened people begins to clarify itself . notable is that this film is set solely in an urban environment with no literal interaction with the natural world . the story is a crime drama in which a gang of high school students enact vigilante justice against gangster louis garrett ( charles bickford ) for the murder of a fellow student by holding a kangaroo court in an abandoned brickyard . this act is born out of necessity due to the failure of the traditional court system to convict . the students operate outside of the principles of societal law and as such serve as an analog for the laws of the nature . furthermore , they are attempting to enact justice based on simple principles of right and wrong , and thus they are without question an entity guided by a moral center . this day and age isdemille ' s full subversion of the naturalism found later in reap the wild wind , but it is not a subversion through negation . rather , this day and age imbues nature with a sense of duality in which both versions can coexist on the same cinematic landscape . humanity is then contextualized in this landscape as the other half of a binary , never in harmonic symbiosis ; as exemplified in the final scene of this day and age in which two teenagers , after being celebrated for their heroics , are approached by a police officer about a car they stole in order to bring garrett to justice .
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scenes . demille also used the
little old new york
set at the twentieth century - fox lot , the water tank at the united artists studio , which had to be enlarged to shoot the ship sequences , and the
old hawks ' tank
and
the water way
at the columbia ranch in burbank , ca . the film went $ 250 , 000 over budget . according to an article in
when king cutler shoots his brother near the end of the film , he uses a revolver , a weapon not produced until the next decade .
clipper ships taking the shortest route between the mississippi and the atlantic often end up on the shoals of key west in the 1840s . salvaging the ships ' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies - - one headed by a feisty young woman . then she falls in love with the captain of a wrecked ship while he recuperates at her home . she travels to charleston and is charming to the man most likely to be head of the captain ' s company , thinking she will be able to get the captain the position he wants on the company ' s first steam ship .
the director of
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clipper ships taking the shortest route between the mississippi and the atlantic often end up on the shoals of key west in the 1840s . salvaging the ships ' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies - - one headed by a feisty young woman . then she falls in love with the captain of a wrecked ship while he recuperates at her home . she travels to charleston and is charming to the man most likely to be head of the captain ' s company , thinking she will be able to get the captain the position he wants on the company ' s first steam ship . written by dale o ' connor
along the seaboard of the american south during the 1840s , cut - throat salvagers who profit from the wrecks of transatlantic cargo ships move from exploiting shipwrecks to causing them . as the most dangerous of the salvagers , king cutler ( raymond massey ) , takes aim at the ships of the wealthy devereaux company , ambitious ship captain jack stuart ( john wayne ) and company lawyer stephen tolliver ( ray milland ) vie for the hand of feisty loxi claiborne ( paulette goddard ) .
in 1840 , america ' s line life is the sea , with an intense commerce . in key west shore , two ship salvage companies dispute the wrecked vessels . the honest one belongs to the impulsive loxi claiborne and capt . phil philpott and the other one is owned by the unscrupulous pirate king cutler . while rescuing the crew of the ship
julliete
, wrecked on the reeves by the first mate mathias widgeon , loxi falls in love for captain jack stuart . she travels to charleston to defend jack and convince the ship owner to give the position of captain of the new steamship of the company , manipulating the powerful shipping company lawyer steve tolliver ( ray milland ) , who also falls in love for her . this triangle of love leads jack stuart to bad and fatal choices .
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, and an angry jack makes a deal with cutler to wreck the steamship for his salvage operation . stephen suspects the scheme when he sees that prices for the
“i once complained to mr . demille that he never used me in his pictures . this was after i had become a columnist . ‘i didn’t think you wanted to act any longer , ’ he said . “‘oh , come on , ’ i said . ‘when did i ever stop ? ’ “so he gave me a small part in reap the wild wind . i had to faint in it . i had never done that either off stage or on . i took lessons from ethel barrymore and laura hope crews . i was fainting all over hollywood until the day i was to do the scene . “i fainted . mr . demille said , ‘that’s that . next scene . ’ “‘what ? ’ i screamed . ‘i only get one take ? i rehearsed this for three weeks ! ’ “‘you couldn’t do any better if you did it fifty times , ’ he said . ‘that hoop skirt allows you to fall in only one direction . backwards . next scene ! ’”
“it is a film possessing the spectacular sweep of colorful backgrounds which characterize the cecil demille type of screen entertainment . the production is a visual triumph . ” – variety
indicates that underwater sequences were filmed at the pacific marine museum in malibu , ca , although modern sources suggest that the scene with the giant octopus was filmed in a tank at the paramount studios . according to an article in
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in 1991 , disney and pacific theaters restored the el capitan to its original 1926 design . the premiere drew a crowd of approximately 3 , 000 persons and proceeds of the evening were donated to the navy relief fund , according to
the owner of a 19th - century salvage company falls in love with a captain she rescues from a shipwreck , and helps him prove in court that the vessel ' s sinking was not his fault . however , the lawyer hired to plead the case also falls for the salvager , and the rivalry drives the captain into an alliance with a ruthless pirate . romantic adventure , starring john wayne and paulette goddard .
in 1759 , in pennsylvania ' s allegheny valley , local settlers and indian fighters try to persuade the british authorities to ban the trading of alcohol and arms with the marauding indians .
the production is a visual triumph . some of the marine scenes are breathtaking . there is skillful blending of process photography .
the final portion of this criticism is a visual text in which demille succeeds in reconciling his binary . with his use of dissolves in these films the director places us , if only for a moment , between two planes of existence , and it is here that the paradox rectifies itself by allowing the images to be accepted astride the natural and the human , divorced of ideology .
the movie was enthusiastically received both by the critics and by the public and was nominated for three academy awards , winning the oscar for best visual effects and losing out for best art direction ( hans dreier , roland anderson , george sawley ) and best cinematography .
according to modern sources , maurice costello and elmo lincoln appear in the film . news items further report that frank loesser was signed to write the picture ' s theme song and sigmund krumgold was to write the music score , but neither was credited on the film .
which posed problems were the shipwreck and shots of the vividly colored underwater kelp . for the former , demille wanted to simultaneously capture the shipwreck , the churning sea , and the stormy sky in the same shot . this was accomplished by shooting the segments separately and then projecting them on three different projectors with fused quartz lenses onto a background where the movements were synchronized . for the kelp , demille used yards and yards of iridescent silk that would weave about in the ocean depths . unfortunately , the color of silk changes in sea water so demille ' s production team , headed by cinematographer victor milner , had to use fresh silk every day , then dry it out , and have it dyed back to its original shade for reuse . needless to say , the sequence took a month to photograph but due to such painstaking detail , milner ' s cinematography received an oscar nomination that year .
, fish and lobster were culled from the pacific ocean in malibu with the permission of the california fish and game commission , and were used to stock the tanks . other scenes were shot on location in charleston , sc , and in miami , key west and new iberia , fl .
during the 1860s in the south pacific , capt . ralls , skipper of the red witch , has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion , pearls , natives , an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus .
in 1938 . he also planned on using a live octopus for the sequence where ray milland is attacked underwater . but he ended up settling for a huge mechanical squid , which was operated by a twenty - four button electrical keyboard with a complex system of hydraulic pistons used to activate the thirty - foot tentacles of the squid . while filming the sequence , demille communicated by a loudspeaker to direct the technicians in the movement of the creature while at the same time barking orders to milland and john wayne underwater through telephone wires in their helmets ( wayne would later battle another underwater sea creature in
key west in 1940 plays host to a thriving salvage business based on the many wrecks of ships found in the vicinity . always first on the scene is king cutler ( raymond massey ) , arousing the suspicions of ship owner loxi claiborne ( paulette goddard ) . loxi ' s suitor , captain jack stuart ( john wayne ) , is also implicated in the scam , thanks to the accusations of lawyer steve tolliver ( raymond milland ) , who wants loxi for himself .
a c - 47 transport plane , named the corsair , makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of labrador , and the plane ' s pilot , captain dooley , must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue .
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two sailors vie for the affections of a southern temptress while fighting off pirates .
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) when he was offered the role played by preston foster in
marked the last time that hopper appeared onscreen as a character other than herself .
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, which is owned by the devereaux company , knocks out captain jack stuart and purposely crashes the three - master . loxi claiborne , a tomboy who runs an honest salvage business , takes her boat out to the site of the wreck with her pal , captain phillip philpott , but king cutler and his brother dan , renowned cutthroats who contracted widgeon to wreck the ship , get there first . loxi stays on hand and rescues the unconscious jack , taking him to her home to convalesce . they soon fall in love , and loxi is inspired by jack ' s dream of commanding the
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towards the end , however , the action quickens . there is a unique filming of an undersea battle between a giant squid , of octopus descent , and the two male protagonists . despite its obvious make - believe , it is shrewd filming , realistic and thrilling .
“the apogee of his art and as jam - full a motion picture as has ever played two hours upon a screen . it definitely marks a demillestone . it is the master turned loose , with no holds barred . ” – bosley crowther , the new york times
news items provide the following information about the production : among the actors considered for lead roles in this film were john barrymore , james stewart , rex harrison , william boyd , claudette colbert , tallulah bankhead and katharine hepburn . susan hayward tested for the role of
loxi
and was originally cast as
ivy devereaux ,
before being cast as
drusilla .
cecil b . demille ' s son richard was scheduled to make his screen debut in this film , but his appearance in the final film has not been confirmed . actor morris ankrum was replaced by charles bickford in the role of
mate of the
sets sail , stephen and loxi take a different ship to florida . later , however , loxi and jack come to stephen ' s aid when king cutler sells stephen to a whaler as a common sailor and sends his thugs , led by the lamb , to shanghai him . instead , after a struggle , stephen sells the thugs to the whaler . in stephen ' s jacket , loxi finds devereaux ' s orders giving jack the captaincy of the
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a mysterious stranger arrives in the missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl . much to the dislike of her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father .
cecil b . demille on the set of four frightened people . image via doctor macro .
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after a short foreword by demille , the picture opens with scenes of a hurricane , shipwreck and struggle for bounty among the salvage workers . this melodramatic tempo is too swift to be maintained . various angles of plot and contest necessarily must be introduced . the pacing is uneven .
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the first single from their 6th studio album ' quartet ' , peaked at no12 in the autumn of 1982 . the album itself was produced by george martin and is one of my favourite 80 ' s l p ' s . there is only one more ultravox video blocked . . . . .
( 1942 ) , a typically lavish cecil b . demille production which established ray milland as a popular leading man ( he would win the oscar three years later for his performance as the alcoholic writer in
came along , firmly offered him the part .
the only reason you called me here is to make ray milland look like a man ,
wayne said .
that ' s right ,
demille replied . after some wrangling , wayne accepted the role , and they became good friends .
. at the court trial , king steers suspicion toward stephen , and it is revealed that loxi ' s cousin drusilla , who had been having a secret love affair with dan , may have stowed aboard the steamship and died when the ship sank . the court is reconvened at the site of the wreck , and jack and stephen go underwater in diving suits to the shipwreck . they find drusilla ' s corpse , but instead of killing stephen as ordered by king , jack rescues him from the grips of a deadly giant octopus . stephen is unable to save jack ' s life , however , and when he is pulled up , he displays drusilla ' s shawl . dan confronts his brother , who shoots him , and captain phil kills king . their deaths free stephen , and he and loxi return to charleston together .
' s cargo are unusually low , and he and captain phil commandeer loxi ' s ship to sail to havana and stop the steamship . loxi refuses to believe that jack would sell out and sabotages her own ship so they do not reach havana . instead , they drift in a deep fog until they near the reef where cutler ' s ship is lurking , and are on hand to witness the purposeful sinking of the
“josef von sternberg opts for a broad , preposterous comic - book style in this piece of cold - war hysteria , which completely undermines the neanderthal intentions of the film’s producer , howard hughes . janet leigh is a busty russian spy pilot , shot down over the u . s . ( her flying suit striptease , punctuated by the roar of offscreen jet engines , is unforgettably outrageous ) …” – dave kehr , chicago reader
florida ship salvager , loxi , falls for jack , captain of a ship wrecked on the key west shore . however , their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor , and eventually leads to tragedy .
the character salt meat is introduced as a barbados sailor , but he speaks with an american southern accent .
another edition , same catalog # , has an embossed cover , with the architectural structures in relief . the promo copy also shares the same cat # and tracklisting . there is no remix title for a , but it does differ from the album version and is known as
extended version
on later releases . sleeve reads cat # chs12 2639 sing sing song / jump jet music / hot food music / mood music © 1982 chrysalis records ltd . ℗ 1982 chrysalis records ltd . published by chrysalis records ltd . 1982 made in the uk
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, a story about the virgin mary , but was unable to resolve numerous script problems . instead , he decided to make a movie about shipwrecks and deep - sea diving based on a serial by thelma strabel that had appeared in the
florida ship salvager , loxi , falls for jack , captain of a ship wrecked on the key west shore . however , their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor , and eventually leads to . . . see more »
, an old rustbucket , on the condition that jack be sent ashore in florida upon its arrival there until stephen can prove his innocence . loxi is the last to learn that stephen has gotten her aunt ' s permission to marry her and publicly rejects him . stephen , who has no intention of losing her , interrupts her hasty wedding to jack aboard the
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the plot concerns a love triangle set in the florida keys in the 1840 ' s where piracy reigns . a rare female ship salvager , played by paulette goddard , falls in love with a ship ' s captain , played by john wayne , and faces an unscrupulous rival ( raymond massey ) who may be sabotaging ships . near the end there is a highly unlikely , but nevertheless , spectacular and utterly riveting underwater battle in which a giant squid kills john wayne , thereby allowing ray milland to eventually win goddard .
reported that artist dan sayre groesback was set to design scenes for the picture , as he reportedly had for other demille films , and that english poet laureate john masefield was to work on the film , but their contributions to this film have not been verified .
, 1945 ) and won an oscar for best visual effects . the story , which is set in the florida keys , pits loxi claiborne ( paulette goddard ) , the owner of a ship salvage operation , against the dishonest cutler brothers ( raymond massey , robert preston ) who are suspected of causing schooners to wreck just so they can salvage them . joining forces with loxi temporarily are captain jack stuart ( john wayne ) and stephen tolliver ( ray milland ) , a charleston lawyer investigating a recent ship salvage . as expected , stuart and tolliver soon become rivals for loxi ' s affections and their conflict sets the stage for a tragic turn of events .
during the california gold rush , boston pharmacist tom craig sets up shop in sacramento where he clashes with local town crook britt dawson .
“at advanced admissions this broke three records , biggest gross at these admissions , biggest saturday in history , and biggest two - day business . well worth considering , even in small towns . we had decided to pass it by , but when other exhibitors told us how they did , we could no longer ignore the signal that here was one of the big - money pictures of the season . ”
after thirty years of making motion pictures , cecil b . de mille has pretty well learned the trade . he has learned that the camera has no motive unless there is plenty of movement in front of it ; that drama , reduced to essentials , is just two strong men contending for a maid and , lately , that technicolor is the dish for serving lavish spectacle . view full article in timesmachine »
, and she and jack wrongly assume that stephen planned to withhold this news from jack . jack then confronts king , who informs him that devereaux has died and stephen is now head of the shipping company . king convinces jack that stephen will never allow him to command the
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an example can be found in the final scene in which loxi has shed her sweater and sailor ' s beanie for a hoop skirt and parasol . with this , she is permitted to float lazily down the river with ( her now husband ) steve . the same is true in four frightened people , although the concession is more an assimilation . it is only when the four lose their clothes and learn to hunt that they are afforded comfort . even when they return to civilization , they are only able to find happiness when they permit themselves to act on impulse . indeed , that film ends with arnold abruptly leaving his wife to pursue judy . with these conclusions demille manufactures logic that in both of these films reminds us that for all of our perceived conquest over the natural world , we are merely existing because nature has allowed it .
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in conjunction with a celebration of its thirtieth year in business and cecil b . demille ' s thirtieth year in films at the newly renovated el capitan theatre on hollywood blvd . in los angeles , ca . the theatre , renamed the paramount hollywood theatre , was remodeled by noted los angeles architect w . l . pereira , who is credited with special photographic effects in this film , and hal pereira , and was described in a contemporary
in 1840 , there ' s work on the florida keys for honest salvagers ( like the claibornes ) and outright pirates like king cutler , who bribes sailors to cause wrecks . when capt . stuart ' s ship is wrecked , loxi claiborne rescues him , falls for him , and travels to charleston to convince the owners the wreck wasn ' t his fault ; company lawyer steve tolliver returns with them to key west to investigate . tolliver and stuart ' s rivalry for loxi ' s hand complicates their swashbuckling adventures in pursuit of cutler , ending in a trial and a dangerous dive for evidence .
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demille adventure about 19th century ocean salvagers in the american south who become involved in a love triangle . highlighted by a battle with a giant squid !
review : this memorable cecil b . demille high seas epic sports a topnotch cast and glorious technicolor photography , not to mention a giant red squid . set in the 1840s , when tall ships were being replaced by steam engines , the film opens as goddard , a tough and ind… ( more )
incorrectly regarded as a goof : john wayne ' s reference to mother carey ' s chickens has nothing to do with kate douglas wiggins 1911 novel . it is a seafaring name for the storm petrel , so - called because the birds appear before a storm . mother carey is a corruption of mater cara ( dear mother ) , an epithet of the virgin mary , to whom portuguese and spanish sailors used to pray before a storm . see more »
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i haven ' t watched many john wayne films on dvd , mostly growing up and seeing them on tv , so this is a first . i don ' t think that the duke was the main actor in this movie , think ray miland was billed as top actor , but as the duke rose to stardom , i think things changed . this is a technicolor classic , and i still say that technicolor was way ahead of its time and looks so much brighter then anything we have today . john wayne plays captain jack stuart pretty much a washed up ships captain because of sabotage within his own crew , but he falls in love with susan hayward who brings out the best in any man . a true sea worthy adventure . good classic to add to the collection , but only 3 stars .
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along the florida keys , loxi claiborne runs a ship salvage business , rivalled only by the unscrupulous king cutler . loxi rescues and falls in love with jack stuart , who comes to believe that his rival for loxi , stephen tolliver , has sabotaged his chance at a new ship . mistaken but vengeful , stuart joins forces with cutler with tragic results .
from 27 april to june 1 , 1940 . the foreword in strabel ' s novel , as published in 1942 , was written by director / producer cecil b . demille .
, the devereaux company ' s first steamship . jack believes that devereaux lawyer stephen tolliver will prevent him from a promotion because of this latest wreck , and when loxi travels to charleston , south carolina , to visit with her aunt henrietta , she meets stephen . loxi flirts with the lawyer in hopes of swaying his opinion . stephen , who has always intended to defend jack to his employer , genuinely falls in love with loxi , although he is unaware of her ulterior motives . stephen insists that commodore devereaux send him to discover the
“strange to say , manhattan’s film reviewers are among mr . demille’s enthusiasts . for years they have condescendingly panned his pictures and dismissed his box - office record . but this technicolored hoking up of thelma strabel’s novel is apparently to their taste . one wonders . to some of us , the maestro’s florid films have always been justified by their elementally human characters . they achieve drama through action , not talk . in other words , they belong in the movies . there isn’t anyone like demille , the only veteran of pioneer movies to survive intact . ”
is a dramatic adventure film made in 1942 , directed by cecil b . de mille and starring john wayne , ray milland , paulette goddard and susan hayward . it is a swashbuckling naval adventure , full of spectacle and excitement , set in the mid - nineteenth century and based on a serialized story written by thelma strabel and published in the saturday evening post in 1940 .
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this memorable cecil b . demille high seas epic sports a topnotch cast and glorious technicolor photography , not to mention a giant red squid . set in the 1840s , when tall ships were being replaced by steam engines , the film opens as goddard , a tough and independent salvage - schooner owner , ventures her ship into a hurricane to save wayne , whose ship has been . . . read more
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. this film was hailed by reviewers for its technical achievements and won an academy award in the category of special effects ( farciot edouart , gordon jennings , william l . pereira and louis mesenkop ) . it was nominated for academy awards in the following categories : cinematography ( color ) , victor milner and william v . skall ; and art direction / interior decoration ( color ) , hans dreier and roland anderson , george sawley . ray milland and paulette goddard reprised their roles in a
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“cecil b . demille automatically lifts his megaphone ( his time - honored weapon of verbal attack ) to address walter hampden and raymond massey , who are standing all of ten feet away . paulette goddard , fanning furiously to offset the heat , says , ‘if this set had one of those famous demille bathtubs , i’d be in it . ’ to which a furtive - voiced male extra replies , ‘and i’d stick around . ’”
producer - director : cecil b . demille screenwriters : charles bennett , jesse lasky jr . , alan lemay source : the thelma strabel serial additional writer : jeanie macpherson art directors : hans dreier , roland anderson , dan sayre groesbeck costumers : joe de yong , natalie visart cinematographers : victor milner , william v . skall underwater photography : dewey wrigley associate producer : william h . pine second - unit director : arthur rosson music : victor young editor : anne bauchens
this lurid melodrama seems to take an interminable amount of time to reach its famous oscar - winning climax with a giant squid , unless , of course , you happen to care whether it ' s john wayne or a miscast ray milland that ends up with southern belle paulette goddard . if that little bit of romance isn ' t enough for mills and boon fans , there ' s another involving susan hayward and robert preston . the beginning and end are spectacular - cecil b demille proving yet again that , even as a director , he was a great producer - but this maritime vessel does get very watery amidships .
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not bad and interesting to see john wayne playing outside his usual heroic character .
love this film ray milland , john wayne and paulette goddard are all great , give it a watch if you can .
saw this a long time ago and remembered it was exciting ! it still is ! may very well watch it again - not something i do very often with films .
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titanic is a 1943 german propaganda film made during world war ii in berlin by tobis productions for ufa .

despite the fact that a british company had already released a german-language film about the rms titanic in 1929 , the film was commissioned by nazi propaganda minister joseph goebbels with the intent of showing not only the superiority of german filmmaking , but also as a propaganda vehicle which would show that british and american capitalism was responsible for the disaster .

the addition of an entirely fictional heroic german officer to the ship 's crew was intended to demonstrate the superior bravery and selflessness of german men as compared to the british officers .

the film 's original director , herbert selpin , was arrested during production after speaking out against the nazi regime – he was later found hanged in prison – and the film was completed by werner klingler , who was not credited .

although the film had a brief theatrical run in parts of german-occupied europe starting in november 1943 , it was not shown within germany by order of goebbels , who feared that it would weaken the german citizenry 's morale instead of improving it .

goebbels later banned the playing of the film entirely , and it did not have a second run .

the " nazi titanic " film was the first on the subject which was simply titled titanic , and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with historical personae and events of the sinking ; both conventions went on to become a staple of titanic films .

titanic ( 1943 film )

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titanic is a nazi germany black and white film released in 1943 . it is mainly a propaganda movie against great britain .
in terms of least accurate films , check the 1943 propaganda titanic film . it flopped at the box office like ' ' raise the titanic ' ' .
the entire 1943 german film will be screened at the bfi southbank in london as a part of its titanic season in april .
titanic : the nazis create a mega - budget propaganda film about the ill - fated ship . . . and then banned it ( 1943 )
the 1943 german film titanic is essentially nazi propaganda made during world war ii in berlin by tobis productions for ufa . after a brief theatrical run in occupied europe starting in december 1943 , the film was banned by propaganda minister joseph goebbels , although he was originally the driving force behind the film .
1943 , under the direction of the reich minister of propaganda , dr . joseph goebbels
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 rms titanic .
in the 1943 film , the blue diamond jewel , like the heart of the ocean , was also an important plot point . the 1943 film jewel had a dramatic impact on a romance between lead characters and symbolized the loss of love and life in the titanic tragedy .
titanic : the nazis create a mega - budget propaganda film about the ill - fated ship . . . and then banned it ( 1943 ) | open culture
neither the first nor the best film telling the story of the doomed ocean liner , the 1943 german version is nonetheless fascinating .
sources : 1 . goebbels’ ‘titanic’ cinematic disaster turns 70 ( 1 oct 2013 , times of israel ) 2 . wikipedia : titanic ( 1943 ) 3 . internet movie database
footage from a film known as
the nazi titanic
, a 1943 german wartime film commissioned by propaganda minister joseph goebbels that portrays the sinking of the titanic , will be shown on british television for the first time in a new channel 5 documentary airing on tuesday .
vehicle title : first film ever based on the disaster to use the simple title titanic .
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leave it to the nazis to make a titanic film so forgettable i literally forgot i had already seen it until logging the film on letterboxd .
technically , this titanic is an excellent catastrophe film ; its shots of the ship sinking were later used by the 1958 british film without credit .
also called der untergang der titanic ( the sinking of the titanic ) . it is a german film dramatizing the events . available in its entirety on youtube .
the rms titanic is : britain’s greatest folly , until the film itself became the third reich’s greatest folly .
til goebbels made an expensive propaganda film ' titanic ' blaming british greed for the ship ' s sinking .
four miniature shots in the film are taken from the german titanic movie made in 1943 . sunny daylight shots of the titanic steaming along before the iceberg and a shots of the engine room flooding have been flopped horizontally for use in this film . for a more detailed examination of this have a look at this article on the very comprehensive matte shot blog .
one of nazi germany ' s most expensive but least - seen films , 1943 ' s titanic could almost be retitled the hudsucker nazi , audaciously reworking a tragedy where hundreds of britons . . .
til goebbels made an expensive propaganda film ' titanic ' blaming british greed for the ship ' s sinking . : todayilearned
summary : a summary and review of the most significant film adaptations of the titanic story over the last 100 years .
stars actual titanic survivor dorothy gibson and was released one month after the ship went down . considered a lost film .
til that the nazis made their own film about the sinking of the titanic in 1912 , for the purposes of propaganda .
this titanic film was created by the german nazi party as anti - allies propaganda . the director changed the historical events in order to make the allies appear foolish . this film was also the first to use the name titanic as a title .
titanic branson store : the titanic museum ' s online store sells a heart of the ocean replica necklace priced around $ 100 .
a good german film of amiable relationships in the story line . although , i would say being made in 1943 - at the time of ww2 , personally it ' s is a personal thing taking the mickey out of the british . . after you can watch briefly different documentaries about real the captain and the crew in english . not one of my favourites - but from the first titanic made in 1929 , the 2nd in 1943 , titanic barbara stanwick and clifton webb , , in 1953 , a night to remember in 1958 , sos titanic in 1979 to the last titanic in 1997 hollywood blockbuster , for me enjoy the diffent story lines .
half a century before leonardo dicaprio declared himself “king of the world , ” the nazis produced their own epic “titanic” disaster film .
excellent film . this is the best version of titanic i have ever seen ; unlike the romanticized claptrap of hollywood , this film correctly emphasizes the true reasons for the disaster of the titanic : the greed of the upper class aristocracy of the gilded age .
the left frame is one of the most effective miniature shots in the film , shot in daylight with well scaled waves and wake , though looks as if it ' s been ' borrowed ' from the 1943 version made in nazi germany .
class consciousness : this is the main point of the first titanic film to acknowledge there were second class passengers between first and third class .
neither the first nor the best film telling the story of the doomed ocean liner , the 1943 german version is nonetheless fascinating– mainly because of the ways the story and imagery compare to john cameron’s 1997 blockbuster , and as a study in overt propaganda .
quite decent german version of the titanic story , this film was made during the second world war and took liberties with the real events . interesting , and somewhat entertaining , titanic is a film that serves really as a foot note in the long list of titanic tragedy adaptations . to me , this one was a curiosity , and was interesting to watch because it was a german film made during the war . the plot is good and of course i don ' t need to recount the tragedy , and the film adds a bit to the real tragedy to make it more interesting . i found the film to be decent at best and thought that a night to remember was the definite titanic film . this…
the idea that the titanic was trying to break the atlantic crossing speed record is a myth that arose well before the making of this film . the titanic was too slow to break that record and everyone knew it .
titanic’s next major appearance on the big screen occurred in 1943 during world war ii in germany , and this was the first film to be named “titanic” . ironically for a british ship , it was used as a vehicle for anti - british propaganda by the third reich , and was the idea of propaganda minister joseph goebbels himself , who also saw it as a lavish escape for german audiences during the war .
titanic [ 1943 ] - ever since the sinking of the sinking of titanic on april 14th 1912 , the tragedy has captures the minds of people for over a century . this of course goes without saying for cinema ; however the first films about the sinking came out with a space of a few months of the sinking . the first being the lost 1912 film saved from the titanic , which premiered 29 days after the sinking . the second film to deal with the tragedy was the german film in nacht und ice ( in night and ice ) which premiered in august of 1912 . as in poor taste both of these films may seem , another unsettling film about the sinking was made at the height…
gorgeous period dress : like the subsequent titanic films that followed it , the 1943 version showcases the first class female passengers wearing various glamorous gowns , fur coats and stoles , elaborate hats and headdresses , while the male passengers strut around in expensive tailored tuxedos and leisure suits .
my highest praise to kino video for making this important historical film available in a proper dvd release with english subtitles . it’s a must for both the film and titanic buffs out there who think that they’ve seen it all .
titanic directed by herbert selpinwerner klingler ( uncredited ) screenplay by walter . . .
this film is nothing but a nazi propaganda freak show . blatant and awful .
honestly , after i watched this film , i felt like taking a shower .
film ( though paramount was brought in to make it a joint venture ) .
the next major titanic - related film would appear after the slaughter of the first world war and during the roaring twenties . entitled atlantic , the british - made film was adapted from an on - stage play by ernest raymond called the berg .
clifton webb and harper carter face their fate in 20th century fox ' s titanic .
the rms titanic is : one of the major historical events of the 20th century .
a celtic - inspired gem still aboard the titanic after more than a century underwater .
premier exhibitions update : u . k . ’s national maritime museum bids for titanic artifacts
another film named atlantis was released in 1913 . in actuality , it was based , not on the titanic disaster , but on a german book of the same name that was written in 1912 , a month before the titanic sank . but the sequence of events was so eerily similar , that a myth arose that it was the titanic that provided the inspiration ( and norwegian authorities banned the film for that reason ) .
. indeed , titanic and a night to remember are the two “must - see” films in titanic filmography , especially for anyone being introduced to the subject for the first time .
side by side frame comparison of the engine room flooding miniature sequence shows that several effects cuts from the 1943 german version of the tragedy were in fact reused for the 1958 british version , usually flopped in the optical printer .
that provided the inspiration ( and norwegian authorities banned the film for that reason ) .
john merivale ( centre ) in the film a night to remember ( 1958 ) .
not only is titanic ii easily the worse titanic film ever made , it is near the forefront of the running for the worst film ever made . it is in no was a sequel to the james cameron film , although the producers may have been hoping that a few people would have been confused enough to think so and buy a ticket , or more likely rent the dvd , since i doubt this ever got a theatrical release .
dated history : in addition to all the deliberate errors made for propaganda , this film shows the titanic going down in one piece . this was the commonly accepted version of events until the discovery of the wreck in the eighties proved that the titanic broke in half .
the rms titanic has been portrayed on film several times and in different ways over the course of the last 100 years . here’s a summary and review of the more significant ones that have helped to keep titanic , her passengers and crew , and their legacies alive .
kenneth more as the heroic second officer of the rms titanic in a night to remember .
one of four matte shots in titanic , with this being a painted ceiling set extension .
during the first night gala dinner aboard the titanic , ismay stops the ship ' s orchestra to proudly announce that titanic is
the safest ship ever built .
hilarity ensues .
titanic . ' nearer my god to thee ' . original epic finale . ( 1953 )
in fact there have been numerous films featuring the tragedy of the titanic . within a month of its subject ' s demise ' saved from the titanic ' was released in the usa . a british ' talking movie ' came out in 1929 ' atlantic ' but didn ' t use the name of the ship for legal reasons and in 1943 goebbels produced a film in which tragedy comes after a heroic german officer is ignored . in the fifties , both the uk and us released films with the latter being regarded as the most accurate . 1997 ' s blockbuster ' titanic ' was at the time the most expensive film ever made if not , arguably , the best .
in april 1943 , the film was banned by the berlin censors for german release because of its terrifying scenes of panic , all too familiar to german civilians undergoing nightly allied bombing raids . after extensive cutting , titanic was released in occupied paris and a few army installations . the film was seen in germany finally in late 1949 , but banned a few months later in the western sectors ( though not in the soviet zone , because of its unmistakable anti - british - capitalist theme ) .
next major appearance on the big screen occurred in 1943 during world war ii in germany , and this was the first film to be named “titanic” . ironically for a british ship , it was used as a vehicle for anti - british propaganda by the third reich , and was the idea of propaganda minister joseph goebbels himself , who also saw it as a lavish escape for german audiences during the war .
nearly 40 years after a night to remember sparked the modern era of titanic interest and enthusiasm , director james cameron created a film that would rival – if not entirely eclipse – the efforts of walter lord and william macquitty , and this would be the second 20 th century fox titanic film ( though paramount was brought in to make it a joint venture ) .
ernst fritz fürbringer as the evil bruce ismay in the so - called
nazi titanic .
the rms titanic is : a tragedy that brings out the best in even the worst people .
and down she goes with what appears to be a large miniature titanic and motorised row boats .
' nazi titanic : revealed ' is on channel 5 on tuesday 6 march at 8 . 00pm
foregone conclusion : nazi propaganda or not , it ' s still a titanic movie after all .
shown their work : this is actually the first titanic film to portray the incident with the nearby ss californian , a subplot which would be omitted from several subsequent dramatizations of the sinking .
and became the first film to earn more than $ 1 billion at the box office .
the nazis banned “titanic” in germany , though permitted its screening in german - occupied countries . seventy years ago this month , the 85 - minute film had its european premiere – not in berlin , but prague . during 1944 , “titanic” was screened throughout europe , and it played well .
the epilogue makes clear that there is no justice for the death caused by the speculating englishman and his american nemesis . the sympathetic characters display more “german” virtues that must have seemed useful to the nazis in 1943 : honor , duty , obedience .
since then , the real life disaster has served as a backdrop for romance , a basis for nazi propaganda and cold war drama , and springboard for science fiction . when james cameron’s 1997 film became not only the most expensive , but also the highest - grossing film up to that time , it seemed , despite its heavy fictionalizing , to be the definitive titanic film . yet film after film continues to be released . a new tv series has just been released leading up to the centenary , and there is nothing to indicate that there will not be more films in the future . below is not a comprehensive list of every titanic - related film , but just the major works i have been able to catch in the weeks leading up to the centenary .
hi . i wonder what movie were at least historically accurate about titanic , aside from 1958 version .
this version of the titanic ’s tale is of american creation and features a marriage on the rocks .
thanks so much for giving us this wonderfully in - depth overview of the titanic saga as portrayed on film . i have only seen three of the versions you’ve mentioned : titanic ( 1953 ) , a night to remember ( 1958 ) , and titanic ( 1997 ) . of the three , i would agree with the general consensus that a night to remember was by far the best . however , clifton webb and barbara stanwyck are such actors , i did enjoy the admittedly inaccurate titanic from ’53 .
the film was the first german talkie . vincendeau , “hollywood babel , ” 209 , 211 ;
though third reich propaganda films “triumph of the will” and “jew suss” are better known , the nazi “titanic” was more expensive and scandal - plagued than any film in german history to the extent that propaganda minister joseph goebbels eventually banned the film before its maiden voyage in germany 70 years ago this month .
til that joseph goebbels commissioned a nazi propaganda version of
titanic .
it was shown once , after which goebbels banned the film across all of nazi germany , as the film had themes from concentration camps and also had large amounts of violence , which goebbels feared would be ill - received .
historical villain upgrade : bruce ismay , portrayed in this film as responsible for the disaster , when in reality it was captain smith who decided to ignore ice warnings . this is a trope that this film shares in common with the james cameron film and many other films based on the sinking .
for the other 99 % who covered it in history class , the 1943 german film titanic covers all the plot points you’d expect . and if you’ve seen james cameron’s 1997 blockbuster , it’s impossible not to compare the two . between the almost - identical sets and a number of repeated moments ( e . g . identifying the wealthiest passengers as they enter the room , using an emergency axe to free trapped 3rd class travelers ) , the similarities are striking . …
james cameron ' s titanic appeared in 1997 as the most expensive film ever made . werner klingler and herbert selpin ' s titanic appeared in 1943 as the most expensive german film ever made . and the two share even more than their budgets ' record - breaking status , their famously
unsinkable
subject , and their title in common : both endured troubled productions , both feature a late scene where their male hero convinces his lover to just get on a lifeboat already , and both set out to make strong statements indeed . the later , american titanic has much to say about the cinematic triumph of late - 20th - century visual effects , whereas the earlier , german titanic takes a more negative tack , mounting an indictment of the supposedly savage avarice and thorough corruption of that country ' s bitter wartime enemy , great britain . in its ill - fated titular ship , the huge - scale propaganda film found what must have seemed like the perfectly opulent illustration of its argument .
the premiere was supposed to be in early 1943 , but the theatre that housed the answer print was bombed the night before the big event . the film went on to have a lacklustre premiere in paris around christmas of that same year , but in the end , goebbels banned it altogether , stating that the german people , at that point going through almost nightly allied bombing raids , were less than enthusiastic about seeing a film that portrayed mass death and panic .
the premiere was supposed to be in early 1943 , but the theatre that housed the answer print was bombed the night before the big event . the film went on to have a lackluster premiere in paris around christmas of that same year , but in the end , goebbels banned it altogether , stating that the german people , at that point going through almost nightly allied bombing raids , were less than enthusiastic about seeing a film that portrayed mass death and panic .
kate winslet dangles of the back of the titanic while leonardo dicaprio convinces her to come back on board .
miniature titanic interiors are flooded and then rear screen projected by rank ' s resident process expert charles staffel .
translation convention : in full effect . watching the story of the titanic in german is a little disconcerting .
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another film that causes some consternation within the titanic community is the 1996 cbs miniseries titanic . at four hours long ( and broken into two 2 - hour parts shown over two nights ) , the series stars peter gallagher , catherine zeta - jones , tim curry , and george c . scott as captain smith . the film focused on the intimate relationships between mostly fictional passengers , and followed along three main plot lines .
the 1929 film explored every known detail of titanic , and in fact , was originally supposed to titled as such , but was renamed after threats of lawsuits and strongly worded condemnations from titanic’s owner , the white star line , who was still operating titanic’s identical older sister - ship , olympic ( and who in 1873 , suffered the loss of one of its first vessels – named atlantic . ) they wanted the memory of titanic to fade away , and so did many of the survivors , and the final scene showing the ship sliding beneath the waves was cut out of respect for them . nevertheless , it proved to be popular , and is also notable for being the first titanic - inspired film to incorporate the relatively new technology of sound .
d . w . griffith’s the birth of a nation , a hugely successful and original telling of the story of the civil war and reconstruction , was released in february 1915 when the war in europe was only six months old and still retained some novelty value . it made the fortunes of griffith , its producer and director and the film’s various distributors . in 1917 griffith made intolerance , an equally original cinematic blockbuster but a commercial disaster because the film’s message of the horrors of war were not what the public wanted to hear in the year that the usa joined the war in europe . sometimes , a film’s failure can be just as useful to a historian as a film’s success . a bad film can sometimes tell the historian more than a good film . this course is about film and history , not film aesthetics .
old flame : petersen runs into his russian socialite ex - lover sigrid olinsky on the titanic and they gradually rekindle their relationship as the ship sails towards disaster . this trope tends to frequently pop up in titanic fiction .
biggest inaccuracy : for a film known for its accuracy , it is odd that is starts with a stately woman christening the titanic , a ceremony that the white star line never held for any of its ships .
the film , called simply titanic , features a fictional german hero in the role of the ship ' s first officer , and was according to channel 5
one of the most expensive and amibitious movies ever made
at the time . the film used real german marines as extras despite the ongoing war with britain .
in the 3d revamp of titanic , rose and jack appear to be standing 50 feet apart in this scene .
in 1958 , british filmmakers surreptitiously incorporated four clips from the movie into their own titanic drama , “a night to remember . ” the footage was not credited , denying the nazi makers of “titanic” even a posthumous artistic victory .
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on its maiden voyage in april 1912 , the supposedly unsinkable rms titanic hits an iceberg in the atlantic ocean .
sunset view featuring leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet as jack dawson and rose dewitt bukater on the bow of the “titanic” in the iconic 1997 blockbuster film of the same name . image credit : 20th century fox / paramount pictures
: hopefully it goes without saying that a propaganda film made by nazis isn ' t very historically accurate .
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believe it or not , but the first titanic film was released just 29 days after the disaster . entitled saved from the titanic , the éclair company production offered a dramatic retelling of the disaster featuring one of the titanic’s survivors , dorothy gibson , a well - known actress of the day . gibson also helped to write the script , which was based on her own personal experiences aboard the ship , and she wore the same clothes from that fateful night .
mike doyle and sonsee neu look through the gates entrapping third class passengers in the 1996 tv miniseries
titanic .
1936 they can ' t even make a propaganda film correctly . silly nazi trix ' s are for kids .
very interesting what the nazis did with the story . the acting is good and the film stoke is great also i am glad to have it , but lets not for get this is a propergander film and . . .
i got the kino dvd of the german titanic . for titanic history buffs , this dvd is a must ! not only does the dvd have the full length german movie with original german dialogue and english subtitles , there is the original german trailer , olympic white star promo film , 1912 newsreel and pages from the german pressbook . robert h . gibbons
this little - known german film retells the true story of the british ocean liner that met a tragic fate . ernst fritz fürbringer plays the president of the white star line , who unwisely pressed the titanic ' s captain ( otto wernicke ) to make the swiftest possible crossing to new york . interestingly , director herbert selpin was arrested by the gestapo during this film ' s production , and german censors banned the film for its scenes of panic and terror .
across the atlantic , the book captured the attention of british film producer william macquitty , who as a boy growing up in belfast , had vivid memories of the launching of titanic at the harland & woff shipyard in northern ireland . along with director roy baker , macquitty set about bringing lord’s story to film audiences . with a ready - made script on hand , macquitty wanted this film to focus on the actual events and people , and he brought on lord as an advisor , as well as several titanic survivors , to ensure that he stayed true to what happened that night .
heat ( 1986 ) – action - adventure film starring burt reynolds as a bodyguard in las vegas . the film features scenes of reynolds winning and losing big at blackjack . based on novel and screenplay of famous screenwriter william goldman .
the only bright spots – if not redeeming qualities – in this film are the scenes of titanic being raised and brought into new york – a dream for any titanic enthusiast – and the music score by john barry , the man behind the james bond theme . there’s also the scene where one of titanic’s surviving crew members ( portrayed by sir alec guinness ) tells his story to dirk pitt , then gives him the flag of the white star line and requests that he raise it back in its rightful place on the titanic’s flagpole . that , and pitt’s honoring of the request , was very poignant .
it’s also the first american dvd to display swedish - born zarah leander , the regime’s sole international diva and its top - earning star , and the centerpiece of the era’s most financially successful film , rolf hansen’s die grosse liebe ( 1943 ) . after marlene dietrich refused goebbels’ offer in 1936 to anchor the reich’s film industry , berlin needed a diva to connect with the mass audience , so leander’s shaky command of the german language was overlooked and the regime even consented to pay leander in stable swedish kronor deposited directly into her stockholm bank .
future lovejoy david warner and susan saint james relax on the second class deck in s . o . s . titanic .
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sinking feelings : representing and resisting the titanic disaster in britain , 1914–ca . 1960 | journal of british studies | cambridge core
arguably still the best movie depiction of the titanic disaster to date with miniature work done at pinewood supervised by bill warrington .
a night to remember placed great emphasis on authenticity . the sets were rendered from blueprints of the original ship , and various insiders were consulted during the production , including an officer of the titanic and a commodore of the cunard line . the filmmakers used ingenuity to compensate for a relatively small budget . employment of a 35 - foot ( 10 - metre ) model replica of the ship with footage intercut from a 1943 german propaganda film aided in making the movie a stunning and emotionally riveting experience . it concentrates on the human drama as opposed to the spectacle .
the film ends with madeleine astor telling a woman aboard the carpathia who has told her to keep her faith that “there is no god , he went down with the titanic” and the credits are shown as passenger lists of “perished” and “survived” characters .
of course , there are detractors who criticize the film for its acting , unrealistic plot , and its feature song my heart will go on by celine dion . some people seem to not like it just because it became so popular and successful , with 11 academy awards and becoming the highest - grossing film at the time . within the titanic community , there are those who cringe at the jack - and - rose story and are somewhat annoyed by people who still believe that they are real characters and that the titanic revolved around them . for them , a night to remember will always be the definitive titanic movie .
what exactly happened to the titanic necklace movie prop worn by kate winslet ? no one has ever publicly commented on its whereabouts .
ebay : ebay is a good place to look for j . peterman heart of the ocean replicas and other vintage titanic necklaces .
a hundred years ago , the world was awash in songs , poems and paintings about the titanic . and then came movies .
as you know : the film opens with ismay addressing the board of the white star line and explaining a lot of things about the cost overruns of titanic construction and white star line stock price , all things that the board would already have known .
after the war , in 1953 – 41 years after the sinking – hollywood released its first feature - film about the ill - fated liner in the form of 20 th century fox’s titanic , starring clifton webb , barbara stanwyck , and robert wagner .
titanic was re - discovered in 1949 , but was quickly banned in most western countries . shortly after the war , the film , dubbed in russian , was screened across the eastern bloc as a “trophy film . ” after the 1950s , titanic went back into obscurity , sometimes showing on german television . in 1992 , a censored , low quality vhs copy , was released in germany . this version deleted the strongest propaganda scenes , which immensely watered down its controversial content . finally , in 2005 , titanic was completely restored and , for the first time , the uncensored version was released in a special edition dvd by kino video .
despite its popularity , the last known prints of the film were lost in a fire in 1914 , and its passing is considered one of the most significant loses of the silent film era . only a few stills and a poster survive today .
this now lost ten - minute silent film premiered on may 14 , 1912 , just 29 days after the sinking . the éclair film company knew that one of their top stars , dorothy gibson , was on the rms titanic , as they had just recalled her from a european vacation in order to work on a new production in new york . gibson had a hand in the late - night bridge game on sunday evening in the first - class lounge which is so often shown in film adaptations .
there are also some very impressive ( for the time ) special effects , many of which were used in what is still the best titanic film , 1958’s “a night to remember , ” along with some of the most moving sequences to appear in any film about the tragedy ( my favorite is the moment when wireless operator phillips releases his pet canary into the night sky ) .
most jarring anachronism : this is most certainly the most thoroughly researched and executed titanic film ever made , and one really has to look into minor details to find errors , such as rose smoking filter cigarettes , which did not become coming till the 1940s .
between the film’s conception and shooting , the tides of war had turned , with the nazis tasting defeat for the first time . germans had little to eat and suffered bombing raids , but “titanic” producers created nine luxury interior sets in berlin for the shoot .
titanic sailed out of southampton , not liverpool as stated in the film . in fact , one of the reasons white star line chose southampton as their main terminal was due to the fact that their newest ships were too big for liverpool ' s harbor .
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the famous hope diamond and the blue diamond in the 1943 titanic film inspired cameron ' s heart of the ocean necklace . the necklace follows a similar storyline to the hope diamond . both jewels were once possessions of the french king louis xvi . louis xvi wore the hope diamond as a necklace . in the movie , the heart of the ocean was a rare blue diamond that was once worn in louis xvi ' s crown . the diamond goes missing after louis xvi ' s execution . it is later recovered cut into a heart shape and becomes known as the heart of the ocean .
so as hitler opened his air assault against britain in july of 1940 , “titanic” producers set out to smear the brits on celluloid .
borrowed by james cameron : since this is the first titanic film with sound , it is also the first with the ship’s band playing “nearer , my god to thee” as she went down . although the band did indeed play on deck to calm the passengers , the selection of this song is widely regarded to be a legend . the myth had been born before the release of this film . but this film which certainly helped the myth along , as not only the band but every last passenger and crew member on board joins in on the song . most adaptations have followed suit in including the song , and cameron’s film is no exception . since this is the first film to use the song , it could be said that cameron borrowed it from here .
one of the most expensive films ever made ( in 1943 ) , it was produced by joesph goebbels , the nazi reich minister for enlightenment and propaganda . with a budget of 4 million reichmarks ( 100 million pounds ) it was going to outshine any hollywood blockbuster . goebbels came up with the idea whilst the battle of britian raged .
in addition , with the korean war raging on , the specter of boys and men losing their lives on titanic was particularly poignant . the film proved popular and successful , and won an academy award for writing original screenplay ( now known as best original screenplay .
( 1943 ) , a german re - imagining of the british maritime disaster that was actually produced by the nazi party . in fact , nazi propaganda minister joseph goebbels grew so disgruntled with original director herbert selpin ' s political opinions , he had him arrested and murdered during filming ! although it was intended as one of the crown jewels of german cinema , this altogether twisted film came to stand as a metaphor for the crumbling of hitler ' s brutal regime .
the character franz gruber is very loosely based on wallace hartley , who was also the main violinist of the titanic band . also the character has a similar look as hartley . however while gruber survived the tragedy , hartley died on the titanic in the age of 34 .
country : germany release date : 10 november 1943 director : herbert selpin cast : sybille schmitz , hans nielsen and kirsten heiberg plot : building the titanic has been a huge financial effort , and white star line president ismay wants her maiden voyage to hit the headlines . he urges captain smith to make the fastest possible crossing to new york . when iceberg warnings come in , the captain must ask himself if he is willing to risk the safety of his ship just to please ismay . trivia : director herbert selpin was arrested by the gestapo during this film ' s production and later died in his cell .
when doing research for rainer werner fassbinder ' s veronika voss , i stumbled upon the life story of doomed ufa actress sybille schmitz , and the seemingly bizarre fact that joseph goebbels commissioned a propaganda film revolving around the sinking of the titanic . nazi germany ' s titanic marks the sixth film made about the disaster , and i believe it ' s the only one to go the extra mile and feature a heroic german first officer ( hans nielsen ) , as well as an equally heroic ex - russian countess ( schmitz ) . oh , yeah , i think this might also be the first film where the producer had the director murdered during production . maybe ?
robert keser is senior lecturer in cinema studies at the red sea institute of cinematic arts in aqaba , jordan . he has written for the pesaro film festival ( italy ) , the jeonju film festival ( south korea ) , the las palmas international film festival ( spain ) , and the melbourne cinémathèque ( australia ) . he wrote thirty - two entries in defining moments in movies , edited by chris fujiwara , and more of his film writing can be found at senses of cinema , slant , and other publications .
however , the film received bad reviews from critics and became a box office bomb , having earned only $ 7 milion . lord lew grade , who provided financing for the film , later quipped that it would have been cheaper to lower the atlantic . in the end , it offended cussler ( to the point that only recently has he given consent to a novel of his being adapted for the big screen ) , his fans , and it also caught the cold drift from some titanic enthusiasts because it really wasn’t even about titanic .
excellent overview of these films . i watched a number of titanic films ( and tv series ) for my blog back in april : i agree with your thoughts on most of these , though i personally enjoyed the 1953 titanic as a film even though it doesn’t pay much attention to the historical aspect . i even get a little guilty pleasure out of the 1996 miniseries despite its many , many problems .
a night to remember was instantly recognized as the definitive titanic film , and many still regard it as such . not surprisingly , it would be over two decades before another titanic film was attempted . but the unsinkable molly brown isn’t really a titanic film . the ship doesn’t appear until the last 8 minutes of the two hour plus running time . and we miss most of brown’s heroic behavior—helping other women board lifeboats , keeping them calm in her own lifeboat , and encouraging the lifeboat to go back to pick up people from the water ( whether they did so or not is still unclear ) . this is not even a very good biopic of margaret brown , as it is so highly fictionalized , dropping her efforts for the women’s suffrage movement , and serving more as a vehicle for debbie reynods’ singing .
most jarring anachronism : first class passengers dance to hot jazz music , which didn’t exist until a good 15 years after the titanic sank .
a scene from the nazi ‘titanic , ’ which cost the equivalent of $ 180 million to produce . ( photo credit : public domain )
two years after selpin’s untimely demise , his stand - in for the titanic – the navy’s cap arcona – met a similarly brutal fate .
the titanic has been the topic for an assortment of books over the years , some of which can be found in the ccga library .
there was no first officer petersen ; inserting a german officer who vainly tries to save the greedy british from their destruction is one of the cruder propaganda elements in film . the first officer of the titanic was named william murdoch , and he went down with the ship .
behind the scenes : the film was long thought lost , until all of the hype over james cameron’s adaptation led to renewed interest in the film , and a german collector found a complete copy in a closet . but apparently the bfi had a partial copy in its archives for decades , so it had never really been “lost . ” in any case , the entire film is available on youtube .
unlike the fox film , the pinewood production doesn ' t muck around with subplot and extraneous padding and gets straight to the point , and stays there . here is an almost identical model - process shot to the 1953 film where the iceberg shatters across the deck .
the movie is worth seeing for madeleine astor ' s hat alone , to say nothing of the tamest striptease ever put on film .
based on walter lord’s meticulously researched book , the producers of this film did even further research , interviewing other survivors lord wasn’t able to locate , and introducing some performers to the actual survivors they were portraying or bringing in their children as advisers . many minor details , such as a first class passenger who goes back to her cabin to get her lucky wind - up pig but leaves behind her jewelry , are taken directly lord’s interviews . this attention to detail made it the definitive titanic film at the time , and many still consider it as such . it would be another 21 years before another full titanic film was made , not counting the musical biopic the unsinkable molly brown .
of course , this is not really a film about the titanic , but about the titanic ii , a vanity project of a billionaire playboy who decides build an exact duplicate of the doomed titanic , but with state - of - the - art technology hidden behind the vintage exterior . the point to this is to prove that they can overcome the mistakes of past by recreating the maiden voyage of the first titanic without a hitch , thanks to modern technology such as “ice detectors that can pick up an ice cube 500 feet away . ” although supposedly creating a voyage that started at southampton , england , the titanic ii passes by the statue of liberty just after its launch . it is headed for disaster , though , because global warming is causing huge chucks of the arctic shelf to drop off , creating tidal waves carrying icebergs at a speed of 800 miles an hour . that’s faster than the speed of sound , so you know the titanic ii is destined to repeat history .
this film is also notable for being the first film to feature titanic’s designer thomas andrews , who was aboard for the maiden voyage and gave captain smith the diagnosis of his ship’s fate – describing it as a “mathematical certainty . ” another person who made a significant appearance in this film was the feisty denver millionairess molly brown – who more or less took over her lifeboat and organized the women into shifts for taking the oars and rowing the boat , and for this and other actions , became known to history as “the unsinkable molly brown . ”
where live - action shooting couldn’t be done , models and green screen sequences were used with extensive special and digital effects , some of which – such as digital water – were being used for the first time , and indeed , titanic broke new ground in the film industry .
however , i will give this film props for including – rather accurately – the stories of the californian and the carpathia , and the roles they played that night , the role of radio and the radio operators , as well as for being the first film to show the ship breaking in two as she sank ( with this being the first major film since the discovery of the wreck in 1985 ) .
it’s a story of the titanic and it is clear that it influenced the director of the most famous version that goes on for 3 days .
in this episode , named after the celine dion song , balthazar time - travels back to the titanic in order to prevent it from sinking .
this film is riddled with inaccuracies , the most glaring of which is that of the iceberg gashing the ship on its port ( left ) side , when in fact , the ship collided with the berg on its starboard ( right ) side . this is basic titanic knowledge , and for the producers to make such a hideous mistake is astonishing on a scale as big as the ship itself . furthermore , the frank drama and de - emphasis on the historical record drags this film down on the list of favorites for many titanic buffs , including yours truly .