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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 5, 1953, p. 11

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page 11 wednuday evening aug 5 1953 the oeokoetown nnild x allstar cast spectacle in mighty film tribute titanic titanic emotion rocks screen as unparalleled human drama 3 big heart- warming days still time to see the film all georgetown is talking about thursday friday saturday ausust 6th 7th 8th something grwft1uan0ne foorin heaven is here nc mctub nil sin godhessbergbodg johnbtal review one dead of night in the vast caw of the northern sea the ghostly appearance of a mountain of ice ripped into the gay laughter and lilting music of happy voy agers to engulf them m a catastrophe that shook the world this now almost legend ary account of the queen of 4 luxury liners titanic has been recreated for the first time on the serpen by twentieth century fox in a suspenseful film that has spaied neither imagination expense nor energy in the telling of one of the most vivid moments of the past half century when the celebrated floating palace on her maiden voyage was host to the greatest marine disaster of our times taking the lives of 1517 individuals titanic is tremendous in every dimension that the word can imply producer charles brackett with screen writers walter reisch and richard breen have fashioned a film story of personal heroism brav ery and self sacrifice that is as towering in its strength as the great vessel itself and is enacted by a line up of star power as distinguished and glittering as the celebrities that crowded the titanic s passenger list head ed by clifton webb barbara stanwyck audrey dal ton rob ert wagner brian aherne the ma ritter richard basehart and allyn joslyn these stars with the exception of aherne as the ship s captain portray fie tional characters who enact their compelling story under the m spired direction of jean negu lesco against the factual back ground of the happenings that fateful night of april 15 1912 heralded as the finest luxuiy liner evei to be set afloat this colossus of the seas bustles with anogant activ ty ai d happy ex citcment as hei 2 229 socially pioniinent passengns jostle nbonidn anticipalioi of a light heaited maide uagc slated to set new wot id ncoids in speed and elegance 1 ttiest m that teally hap pened and spe ilatio i u k what co ild have i ten hae t evei ceased sinci that cleat i itht in apul 1912 whei the titanic collided with a n junta of ice tvvent ah intuij rux select ed chaiks biiukett wntei pio dikli to nuet tl thalleige of the fiist sciee i g of the stoi winch hook the woild barbara stanwyck with thelma rrttet and altyn jostyn la a long-to- biifmtmbtrtd sccna from twentieth century foxs moving tribute to a proud quean of the saai and htr gallant passengers titanic abo tarred in th historic atory of the ill starred luxury s maidtn voyage arc cltfton webb robert wagner audrey dalton all the legends eye witness i accounts were gathered and as similated into the network of i the sen nt i tha fatal quinrat hei aided as an unsinkable floating palace the titanic was technically perfect the twentieth century fox research department worked tirelessly for months before di rector jean negulesco began shooting twenty sets were con structed by lyle wheeler and lipped open by an iceberg with j maurice ransford from the ac the precision of a can opener l tual blue prints used to build fie factors that contributed to the sebpe of the tragedy if theie had been enough binocu iais enough lifeboats lifeboat drills icebei g head on instead of swerv ing no lives would have been lost even though the ship would have been seriously damaged if there had been more wireless op orators aboard ships in the vi emity of the titanic they might hae heard the sos and arrived in time to pick up survivors w hile these fascinating refiec t ons lend significance to the itory they do not cannot influ ence the unalterable fact the ship one showing the bridge chart room telegraphy room and stretch of deck with work ing lifeboats was almost 200 f the titanic had hit the feet long another the main dining salon was almost as large with its striking gold and gilt leaf panelling which once adorned the main ballroom of the cornelius vanderbllt man sion in fact it was as if they had magically re built the ti tantc as for nautical details from proper commands to cus toms sir gordon illingworth retired skipper of the queen mary was on deck as the final authority roxy georgetown roxy 6 titanic days monday to saturday august 10th 15th

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