I did a report on the sinking of the Titanic in school once and was appalled at the stories--like the one where an upper crust matron refused to let lower class people into her lifeboat, resulting in a boat that could hold 40 had only 14. I don't know if this is true, but it's possible, given the snobbishness of some people.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:42 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Re: Titanic film Considering how many people tragically died on the Titanic, and considering that something is known about the more upper-crust ones at least, I was amazed the producers didn't use a real story with main characters who were really there. I once read an amazing account of the sinking by a telegraph operator who stayed almost to the end, but survived because he was picked up by an overloaded lifeboat crewed by passengers so nautically clueless he'd had to help them get the lifeboat off the deck earlier (they felt they owed him one). And there must be other memoirs too. I refused to see the film for a long time because of the lack of a "real" story, but I did eventually. I thought it was OK, although Rose and Jack were too sappy. At the end of the film, when she drops the megadiamond into the ocean, I thought, "She's had this thing for decades and _still_ hasn't figured out how to fence it?" The clothes weren't perfect, but they weren't bad. I've had a lightweight wool 1910s women's suit around for years, meaning to reline it, that is almost exactly like one Rose or her mother (I forget which) was wearing to get on board the ship. Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com > I thought the clothes were great, and the cinematography was fab...the > plot on the otherhand left a bit to be desired. > > Kelly _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
