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Titanic

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Stuck in an unloving marriage, rich socialite Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck) boards the Titanic with her two young children with the intent of divorcing her husband, Richard (Clifton Webb), when she arrives in the States. At the last minute, Richard discovers her plan and manages to get on board the ship in an attempt to convince her to stay with him. Their marital problems take a backseat, however, when the Titanic collides with an iceberg and begins its descent into history.
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Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies 08/27/2022
4/5
Its character based storytelling approach draws you into the story, and by the time the ship begins to sink you’re thoroughly invested. Go to Full Review
Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 08/06/2019
2.5/4
It's standard Hollywood stuff, but Webb and Stanwyck are both in fine form, adding moments of humanity and emotional truth to the otherwise stilted surroundings. Go to Full Review
Virginia Graham The Spectator 06/13/2018
Titanic, the story of the great liner's first and only trip across the Atlantic, is a perfectly excellent picture, finely balanced between fact and fiction, stocked with plausible characters, working up quietly but strongly to its shattering climax. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 03/18/2013
B
Though Stanwyck and Clifton Webb make for an unlikely married couple, this b/w Oscar-winning 1953 melodrama about the sinking of the famous liner is worth seeing. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 10/06/2005
2/5
Ryan Cracknell Apollo Guide 01/19/2005
76/100
Not as big as James Cameron's computer-generated bonanza, but it's nonetheless impressive. Go to Full Review
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Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 Dec 26 I liked this way more than the 90s movie because it’s a lot more shorter and better paced with an completely bleak ending See more Old Movie Watching with R 06/07/2024 A well made drama set around the Titanic disaster. I liked the balance of Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb as the struggling couple about to face the unexpected disaster. See more LANDON T 04/29/2024 Nah Titanic 1997 on top bois. See more DanTheMan 2 04/15/2024 Happy Anniversary to the big silly boat with a million films based on her. Chances are when you hear Titanic, it's most likely your mind will think of the James Cameron film, one that combines tragedy with authenticity, this 1953 film instead opts for melodrama and wildly laughable inaccuracies. It doesn't help that most of the characters are archetypes or cardboard cutouts, going through all the motions you can expect, it's all too safe reflecting the cautiousness of Hollywood productions from the time. However despite the lousy screenplay, I do have to credit the film's passable direction, Joseph MacDonald's occasionally beautiful photography and ultimately the film's model sequences that depict the titular ship. Ultimately, Titanic isn't a gruelling experience, clocking in at a respectable 97 minutes. Still, there isn't enough meat to dig into with this tale, clearly wishing to be the happy-go-lucky depiction of the sinking but not to the point where it does what the animated films did... and yet it still feels really cheap, ending by just stating what happened after the sinking, almost as if it was only made to be a backdrop and bank on the public's familiarity with the name. There was little reason for this to be called Titanic unless they were going to devote more time to it outside of the transition shots... the iceberg even hits the wrong side! See more Meydiana R 11/28/2022 Don't watch this film if you are a stickler for details; Warning: Spoilers Most of the sets are inaccurate and there are anachronisms galore. There was no siren wailing during the sinking; the ice sliced open the starboard (right) side, not the port (left), there are countless other errors in this film too many to count. What makes it so watchable? Why, Barbara Stanwyck and Thelma Ritter of course!!! Stanwyck gets the histrionics as only she can deliver them while Ritter gets all the wisecracking one-liners - as only SHE can deliver them. Robert Wagner and Audrey Dalton make a beautiful couple, but they take a backseat to the two "tough broads" of the silver screen. Even Clifton Webb seems weak and prissy here. But then to me, he always does. The script has crackling dialogue and deservedly one an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. See more 04/13/2022 It is understandable that the movie has some inaccuracies. Many thing about Titanic were yet to be discovered. However, what i did not like is supposed to be 1912 and yet the clothes the actors wear are very current (at the time ) .So they look 1940's /1950's people and not people from earlier 20th century. Takes you out of the story. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Stuck in an unloving marriage, rich socialite Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck) boards the Titanic with her two young children with the intent of divorcing her husband, Richard (Clifton Webb), when she arrives in the States. At the last minute, Richard discovers her plan and manages to get on board the ship in an attempt to convince her to stay with him. Their marital problems take a backseat, however, when the Titanic collides with an iceberg and begins its descent into history.
Director
Jean Negulesco
Producer
Charles Brackett
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 1953, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 37m
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