A film to remember.

While there are many movies about the Titanic, there are only two that seem to get any attention. They are, of course, James Cameron's absurd 1997 soap opera, Titanic, and the brilliant 1958 British film, A Night to Remember, which recounts the tragedy with disturbing realism. The unfortunate thing is that every time a news item is shown about the sinking of this doomed ship, the lazy and ignorant networks drag out footage from the Cameron opus. Tonight there was a report on NBC nightly news about the auction of a violin last played on the great ship. The instrument sold for more than a million and a half dollars. Not a surprising amount when you consider how much interest is still generated by this 1912 tragedy. But while I was watching this clip and being annoyed at seeing it illustrated with a film I found absolutely ridiculous, NBC made another great blunder. They repeated he cliche that the orchestra was last playing "Nearer My God to Thee" as the ship went down. There is no reason to believe there is any truth in this popular and, frankly, corny rumor. Shame on NBC, It is more likely that the orchestra was playing a popular hymn at the time called "Autumn"

Note: If you've only seen (and liked) the 1997 film Titanic, you owe it to yourself to see a true depiction of that terrible April night in 1912 with the British masterpiece A Night to Remember.