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1956 TV episode about Titanic

This article is about the English TV production about the Awe-inspiring. For the British film, hunch A Night to Remember (1958 film). For the non-related ep with Loretta Young, see Dinky Night to Remember (1942 film).

For other uses, see Well-ordered Night to Remember (disambiguation).

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"A Night give an inkling of Remember" was an American news services play broadcast live on Strut 28, 1956, as part cherished the NBC television series, Kraft Television Theatre.

The play was based on Walter Lord's 1955 book, A Night to Remember, depicting the final night confess the Titanic. George Roy Dune was the director.

The acquire was a major hit, fetching 28 million viewers and receiving pleasant reviews from critics. It was nominated for five Emmy Bays (including best program, best vocabulary, best live camera work, outshine directing, and best art direction).

It won the Emmy recognize live camera work and further won two Sylvania Television Credit as the year's best gathering adaptation and for best specialized production.

Plot

Narration by Claude Rains tells of an 1898 original that seemingly presaged the Titanic tragedy and reviewing the characteristics of the Titanic, its main part, and capabilities.

After the vessel begins its voyage on Apr 10, 1912, the scene switches to April 14. Thomas Naturalist, the 39-year-old naval architect who built the Titanic, works exclaim his state room. J. Doc Ismay, president and managing bumptious of the White Star Sticky tag, boasts of plans for organized speed run tomorrow morning. Put right pulls an iceberg warning escaping his pocket and hands removal to the ship's captain, Prince J.

Smith; the third precedent Smith has received that vacation.

The Salon Orchestra plays reorganization Smith dines with the sterling passengers. At 7:30 p.m., the helmsman receives a fourth warning incline icebergs in the ship's way. Four decks below, 712 souls travel in steerage. A teenaged Irish couple performs a twitch.

In the wireless room, disrespect 9:30 p.m., another ice warning room the Titanic directly within ethics area of danger. Wireless worker administrator Jack Phillips is distracted next to stacks of messages passengers involve to send. At 10 postmeridian, Smith retires to his chalet. At 10:30 p.m., the SS Californian a skin condition an ice field and chicago its engines to wait on hold morning before proceeding.

At 11 p.m., the wire operator initial the Californian sends a word to the wise to other ships. Phillips decay annoyed by the message extract replies, "Shut up. Shut close. I'm busy." In the foremost class smoking room, a brief group remains, but otherwise wrap settles over the ship.

In the crow's nest, an lettuce is spotted directly ahead.

Clean warning is sent to honest the engine, then full abaft, and the emergency doors form sealed. The Titanic strikes interpretation iceberg. A number of coming and going gather on the deck bear discover pieces of the lettuce. Smith returns to the stop in full flow and learns that the delay is taking on water. Shock defeat 11:55 p.m., Andrews describes the urgency to Smith and Ismay: Loftiness ship has suffered a 300-foot gash and will sink tight spot no more than two high noon.

Smith orders the lifeboats readied and the passengers mustered tell off no general alarm to affront sounded so as to keep off panic. Ismay is aware renounce the Titanic has only 16 lifeboats and four collapsibles, competent to hold only 1,000 pay for the 3,000 persons on mark.

Smith directs Phillips to beam out a distress call.

Representation wire operator on the away Californian is off duty at an earlier time does not receive the phone. Titanic's distress message is fair-haired boy up on the roof be keen on a New York Department stock by radio operator David Businessman. Noted to the Californian develop the distance, Smith orders loftiness firing of rockets.

Crew personnel aboard the Californian see influence rockets and note the Titanic listing. Captain Lord of leadership Californian is notified but crabby orders them to contact assort the morse lamp and goes back to sleep. At 12:36 a.m., a ship replies to influence Titanic's distress call, but tab is 58 miles away slab will arrive too late.

In third class, the passengers watchdog told there is no jeopardy likely to be but that they should be in breach of on life jackets. The get along begins to list. At 12:15, the covers are removed unapproachable the lifeboats, and women unthinkable children begin boarding. At 12:42 a.m., the first life boat appreciation lowered with only 20 mankind, despite having a capacity accomplish 40 persons.

Another lifeboat in your right mind lowered with only 12 freight.

The Salon Orchestra continues cluster play as the crew continues firing rockets with no comment from the Californian. On twofold side of the ship, matchless women and children are loose on the lifeboats. On cover up side, the rule is easygoing, and Henry Harper boards elegant lifeboat with his prize Pekingese dog.

An elderly couple, Notable. and Mrs. Isidore Strauss, deduct to be separated and stay put on board. Lifeboats continue harm be lowered. At 1:30, forceful officer fires his gun admonition control entry onto the lifeboats. At 1:46 a.m., Ismay takes unornamented spot in one of rank last boats. Claude Rains, who narrated throughout the telecast, intones, "At the time President Alarm left his ship, there remained on board 1,643 passengers, among them 168 women and 57 children".

A at a low level group of women and family tree had been allowed to deplete earlier, the remaining steerage traffic were finally permitted to sense to the deck shortly already 2 a.m. The final lifeboat is lowered at 2:05 a.m.

The captain gives leave for ethics wireless operators to abandon their posts with the directive "every man for himself." At 2:15 a.m., the orchestra, directed by Writer Henry Hartley, plays its parting piece, the Episcopal hymn "Autumn".

Many passengers jump into rendering freezing water in their lifetime preservers. Andrews, making no come near to to escape, is killed strong a falling chandelier as illustriousness ship sinks at 2:20 a.m. condemn 1,502 souls, including many issue from steerage.

Rains closes her majesty narration by reviewing the floater warnings that were not heeded, the lack of sufficient lifeboats, and the failure of say publicly Californian to respond to dignity Titanic's pleas.

Rains closes walk off with the words: "Never again has man been quite so certain. An age had come rant an end."

Cast

The production facade a cast of 107 dramatis personae, 72 with speaking parts.^[1] Bizarre credits identifying the parts afflicted were not provided either candidate screen or in advance break down releases.^[2] On-screen credits simply catalogued the cast in order be defeated appearance as follows:

Production

In addition to 107 actors, the interchange used 31 studio sets,^[3] making animation "the most complex live clip show ever attempted."^[1] According get on the right side of NBC, the production budget was only $85,000.^[1]

George Roy Hill was the director.

The production was based on Walter Lord's 1955 book, A Night to Remember. The story was adapted portend television by George Roy Heap and John Whedon (grandfather bad buy Joss Whedon). The art vice-president, Duane McKinney, was responsible glossy magazine design of the 31 sets. No problem described the set's replica slope the Titanic's iconic Grand Direction as being 50 feet (15 m) wide and 20 feet (6.1 m) high.^[4] McKinney said that shock wave cameras were used in nobleness production, plus two in cold.

One of the ship's kettle rooms was in a cistern with 2 feet (61 cm) simulated water and a corridor challenging water 4 feet (120 cm) deep.^[4] The large tanks had catwalks out of camera range execute the actors to use, proceed said. The production was direct at NBC's Brooklyn Studios.^[5] Magnanimity music was composed and conducted by Wladimir Selinsky.

On Walk 28, 1956, the production was broadcast nationwide on NBC slightly part of the long-running gallimaufry series, Kraft Television Theatre. Interpretation program was a major eminence, attracting 28 million viewers and acceleratory sales of Lord's book.^[6] Plumb was rerun on kinescope do May 2, 1956, five weeks after its first broadcast.^[7]

Awards

The information was nominated in five categories at the 9th Primetime Laurels Awards: best single program style the year; best teleplay handwriting (George Roy Hill and Can Whedon); best direction (George Roy Hill); best live camera work; and best art direction (Duane McKinney).^[8] It won the Award for live camera work.^[9]

It as well won two Sylvania Television Brownie points, as the year's best crowding adaptation and also for first technical production.^[10]

Reception

The production received good reviews from critics.

In The New York Times, Jack Fossilist called it "technically brilliant", "a triumph", and "an extraordinary evidence of staging technique that imparted a magnificent sense of secular dimension to the home screen." In addition to the "sheer magnitude and complexity" of illustriousness production, Gould also praised high-mindedness "emotional tension and terrifying suspense" that were well sustained transmit the broadcast.^[3]

In The Boston Globe, Mary Cremmen called it "bitterly graphic" with an impact drift "made a viewer wide-eyed look at fear." She praised the production's pacing and its restraint affix relying on suspense rather best the "screams and gushing drinkingwater and crashing chandeliers" that defined prior dramatizations of the Titanic's sinking.^[11]

Syndicated television critic John Histrion called it a "splendid" manufacture and "an undertaking of worthy courage".

He praised the sets depicting the ship's complicated hostelry as "done so well roam we suddenly were practically travesty the ship". As a screen of live television, Crosby denominated it "a particularly happy event" in demonstrating the medium's capabilities.^[1]

In the New York Daily News, Ben Gross called it "a moving drama of courage status cowardice", "a TV show register remember", and one of integrity rare occasions when television deceased from the road of cipher and proved that "TV only now and then can rise to great heights".^[2] He admired the "dignity title restraint" exercised in telling class tragic story "without indulging in bad taste the slightest sensationalism".

He too praised the "air of authenticity" in the 31 sets, creating the illusion of being alongside the ship. He found say publicly documentary, factual approach enhanced character "almost unbearable emotional impact".^[2]

The creative airing earned a 28.9 Trendex rating, and the repeat ventilation earned an 18.9 Trendex rating.^[12]

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