Titanic (1953)

Directed by: Jean Negulesco

Cast: Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Dalton, Robert Wagner

 IMDb page about Titanic

Studio(s): Fox Studios

The model built of the TItanic built for this movie has a detailed history at http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/general-film-chat/99830-titanic-film-models.html

The scene involving the lifeboats being lowered from the ship was shot in the tank on the 20th Century Fox backlot (now Century City). The water was agitated by wave machines.

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