TITANIC (1953)

"There's been so much love lost between us." Titanic (1953) by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard Breen is a Romantic Drama about a discordant married couple-Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck and Richard Sturges (Clifton Webb)--aboard the ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic who are trying to find an amicable way to separate themselves and their children. Themes of family devotion, romance, and duty drive this story to its tragic outcome. As the obvious inspiration for the 1997 adaptation by James Cameron, this Titanic juxtaposes the privileged from the poor, the passengers in relation to the crew, the ordinary from the extraordinary, as well as new romance and longtime romance. Here also, dramatized historic details lend a sense of intimacy, urgency, and relatability to the emotion that stirs all relationships on board. Knowing in advance that the ship will sink and take hundreds of lives with it makes the storytelling of the main characters all the more compelling, as we wonder...Will Julia and Richard repair their broken marriage in time? And, if so, Who will survive?