![]() ![]() ![]() There were over 200 speaking roles in the film, and all the named characters depicted on screen were based on real passengers. The film is told from the perspectives of the passengers and crew, especially that of the most senior officer to survive the sinking, Charles Lightoller (Kenneth More). Baker was so dedicated to verisimilitude that the sets were created from ship blueprints. With a budget of just $1,680,000, the movie was adapted for the screen by famed novelist Eric Ambler from Walter Lord’s exceedingly well-researched bestselling book of the same name. Guests will toast to the memory of those who were lost with complimentary champagne.īefore James Cameron made Rose and Jack’s tragic romance on the doomed Titanic part of movie history, Roy Ward Baker brought the ship’s sinking to the big screen with startling realism in “A Night to Remember.” The film’s producer, William MacQuitty, had been captivated by the Titanic ever since he saw it set sail for its one and only journey in 1912. ![]() ![]() BRYN MAWR – In honor of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Bryn Mawr Film Institute will host a screening of the critically acclaimed 1958 classic docudrama “A Night to Remember” at noon Saturday, April 14. ![]()
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