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Explosion | Epic
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Best Effects Special Effects | 1961
Top Action Performance | 1960 | Robert
The ship used by the filmmakers was the SS Ile de France, the famous French liner that cruised the Atlantic from 1926-59. She was leased for $4,000 a day. After shooting completed, she was re-floated (having been partially sunk for the film) and towed to the scrap yard. She has a more heroic place in history, however. It was she that played a major role in the rescue of the passengers from the Italian liner Andrea Doria in 1956, after the latter ship collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm and sank off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was the first ship to arrive at the scene of the collision and immediately began taking aboard the Andrea Doria's passengers.
According to maritime historian William J. Miller, the famed French Line was so horrified that its former flagship would be used in such a way that it demanded that the Ile de France's name be removed from her bow and that in no way would any references be made to them.
Tammy Marihugh, who plays the Hendersons' daughter, grew up and became an exotic dancer.
For the scene in which the dining room is seen flooding, with water rushing in through the portholes, fire boats were positioned alongside the ship. They fired water at the portholes into the dining room, which was still well above sea level.
Edmond O'Brien took issue with the safety precautions during filming, and left the production in protest. When he returned, he discovered that his part had been greatly reduced and he was no longer required on set.
"[Last line] Cliff Henderson: This is one guy I'm gonna help aboard personally!"
"Second Engineer Walsh: You know how they pick the captains for these luxury jobs. They have to pass a lot of tests. Sure, he's got to pass the dancing test, the personality test, know how to calm the passengers, make with the jokes. That's what counts. Chief Engineer Pringle: You're pretty bitter, aren't you, Walsh? Second Engineer Walsh: Oh, no. My dad once shipped out with a skipper like this. A joker who only thought of breaking records and never inconveniencing the passengers... until it was too late. Chief Engineer Pringle: What ship was that? Second Engineer Walsh: The Titanic."
