Atlantic (1929)

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.

Director:

Ewald André Dupont

Writers:

Victor Kendall, Ernest Raymond (play)

Stars:

Franklin Dyall, Madeleine Carroll, John Stuart

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Franklin Dyall	...	John Rool
Madeleine Carroll	...	Monica
John Stuart	...	Lawrence
Ellaline Terriss	...	Alice Rool
Monty Banks	...	Dandy
Donald Calthrop	...	Pointer
John Longden	...	Lanchester
Arthur Hardy	...	Maj Boldy
Helen Haye	...	Clara Tate-Hughes
D.A. Clarke-Smith	...	Freddie Tate-Hughes
Joan Barry	...	Betty Tate-Hughes
Francis Lister	...	Padre
Gordon James	...	Capt. Collins (as Sydney Lynn)
Syd Crossley	...	Telegraphist
Dino Galvani	...	Steward

Storyline

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.

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Plot Keywords:

titanic | ship wreck | disaster | based on play

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Taglines:

A thunderbolt of drama impossible to describe!

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 1930 (USA)

Also Known As:

Titanic: Disaster in the Atlantic

Filming Locations:

British International Pictures Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British International Pictures (BIP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Danny Green.

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Connections

Featured in The Middleman: The Cursed Tuba Contingency (2008)

User Reviews

Well handled and dramatic, despite unfamiliarity with a new medium.

How interesting that E.A. Dupont who created one of germany's most memorable silent films (VARIETY) also helmed one of England's first talkies. Obviously he was uneasy with the medium of talking pictures, note how the first 6 minutes of this film is entirely visual. Most of the cast had stage experience, you can tell because they over-exaggerate their lines and cannon out the words like they were playing to the back row. Still this is a well paced dramatic film and the final few minutes have an impact that can stand on their own alongside the later versions, TITANIC and A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. (I am deliberately excluding James Cameron's film with its budget that would have fed a 3rd World country for 10 years and its plethora of computer FX.)