tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post344804838823108719..comments2024-03-17T18:19:49.076-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This is a "Titanic" post...Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-56747083114527502162021-03-21T20:02:26.603-04:002021-03-21T20:02:26.603-04:00I don't have this issue, and so cannot comment...I don't have this issue, and so cannot comment knowledgeably on its content.<br /><br />There is one thing, though ...<br /><br />About the Titanic:<br /><br />Remember a while back, when I sent you some stuff I thought you might find interesting?<br />One of these items was <i>The War Of The Worlds Murder</i>, by my friend Max Allan Collins; this was a novel telling how Orson Welles got mixed up with a murder at CBS in New York City, and was cleared by Walter Gibson, creator of <i>The Shadow</i>.<br /><br />If you got around to reading it, you might have noticed that it was one of a series that Max wrote, in which famous mystery writers solved crimes that were tied in with disasters of one sort or another; <i>War Of The Worlds</i> was the last - or at any rate most recent - one.<br /><br />The <i>first</i> novel, from 1999 (that long ago ...), was <i>The Titanic Murders</i>, in which the title crimes were solved by Jacques Futrelle, creator of Professor Van Dusen, The Thinking Machine (hugely popular in magazines in the early 20th century).<br />Futrelle's most famous story, "The Problem Of Cell 13", is one of the most anthologized stories in the genre; it's been adapted for TV at least twice (that I know of; correction welcomed if needed).<br /><br />I mention this here as a kind of backdoor way of asking:<br /><br /> (a) Did you ever get around to reading the Collins book?<br /><br /> (b) Did you ever get around to reading <i>any</i> of the other items I sent you?<br /><br /> I'm just curious, is all; my way of spreading the word, and I'd kind of like to know if it's having any effect, one way or the other (like if you're recommending them to friends, or suchlike).<br /><br />A comment here, or an Email there ... like I said, just curious ... Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-5994313727732173012016-02-27T20:31:06.241-05:002016-02-27T20:31:06.241-05:00It turns out Stanwyck and Wagner developed a serio...It turns out Stanwyck and Wagner developed a serious relationship while filming their TITANIC, but realized nothing could come of it because of the difference in their ages and position in Hollywood at the time.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-24750812827008166712012-10-10T20:26:35.295-04:002012-10-10T20:26:35.295-04:00I believe the first CBS broadcast of "A Night...I believe the first CBS broadcast of "A Night To Remember" was in April, 1968 around the time of the 56th anniversary of the disaster.<br /><br />The "Time Tunnel" episode about the Titanic was the series pilot, first aired in September, 1966, more than a year-and-a-half prior to the first U.S. television showing of the movie version of "Night To Remember".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com