Atlantic (1929 film)

Infobox Film
name = Atlantic


caption =
director = Ewald André Dupont
producer = Ewald André Dupont
John Maxwell
James Scura
writer = Victor Kendall
Ernest Raymond
starring = Franklin Dyall
Madeleine Carroll
music = John Reynders
cinematography = Charles Rosher
editing = Emile de Ruelle
distributor = British International Films
released = 1929
runtime = 90 minutes (U.S. version) 87 minutes (U.K. version) 83 minutes (Danish version)
country = UK
language = English
amg_id = 1:84089
imdb_id = 0019658

"Atlantic" is a 1929 British black and white film, directed and produced by Ewald André Dupont and starring Franklin Dyall and Madeleine Carroll. Three versions were made, one in the United Kingdom, one in Germany, and one in France. There was a further version released in Denmark, although this was a silent movie and used different footage and an altered storylineFact|date=September 2008.

Plot

"Atlantic" is a drama film based on the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main synopsis revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic. A shortage of lifeboats causes the crew to only allow women and children in and many couples are separated. Mrs. Rool refuses to leave her husband and after the boats are gone all the passengers gather on the deck and sing "Nearer, My God, to Thee" as the "Atlantic" sinks into the ocean. The final scenes depict a group of passengers saying the Lord's Prayer in a flooding lounge.

=Differences in Danish versionFact|date=September 2008=

In addition to the plot above, the Danish version also featured a separated couple aboard the boat, with the separated wife attempting to ruin the relationship between her former husband and his new fiancée. A further interracial relationship is depicted between a black man and a white woman who fall in love while on the boat.

During the sinking, the black man and white woman choose to stay together and marry in front of the ship's chaplain as the ship goes down. The separated wife and fiancée survive the disaster; however, the separated husband dies in the water, after finally realising that he still loves his ex-wife.

Cast (in credits order)

*Franklin Dyall as John Rool
*Madeleine Carroll as Monica
*John Stuart as Lawrence
*Ellaline Terriss as Alice Rool
*Monty Banks as Dandy
*Donald Calthrop as Pointer
*John Longden as Lanchester
*Arthur Hardy as Maj Boldy
*Helen Haye as Clara Tate-Hughes
*D.A. Clarke-Smith as Freddie Tate-Hughes
*Joan Barry as Betty Tate-Hughes
*Francis Lister as Padre
*Sydney Lynn as Captain Collins
*Syd Crossley as Telegraphist
*Dino Galvani as Steward
*Danny Green as Passenger
*Fanny Wright as Passenger
*Anthony Papafio (uncredited)

Production crew

*Produced by Ewald André Dupont, John Maxwell, & James Scura
*Original Music by John Reynders
*Cinematography by Charles Rosher
*Film Editing by Emile de Ruelle
*Art Direction by Hugh Gee
*Assistant Directors: Marjorie Gaffney, J.F. Green, & John Harlow
*Sound Department: Jack Mair & Alec Murray
*Musical director: John Reynders

ound

"Atlantic" was one of the first British films made with sound on film and was Germany's first sound movie. In England, it was released in both sound and silent prints. The French version was the fourth French feature with sound on film. The Danish version was silent.

Trivia

* The movie was originally made as "Titanic" but after lawsuits it was renamed "Atlantic".
* The final scene of the movie was filmed as a shot of the liner sinking but it was cut at the last minute as it was feared it would upset Titanic survivors.
* The Danish version ended with the passengers in the lifeboats after hours and seeing the lights of an approaching ship.

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