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Saved from the Titanic
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Étienne Arnaud

Cast: Dorothy Gibson [Miss Dorothy], Alex Francis [the father], Miss Stuart [the mother], Jack Adolfi [?] (John G. Adolfi?) [Ensign Jack], William Dunn [Jack’s friend], Guy Oliver [Jack’s friend]

Eclair Film Company of America production. / Production supervision by Harry Raver. / Released 14 May 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Based on Eclair actress Gibson’s story of her survival of the Titanic catastrophy. Gibson performed in the same white evening dress she wore the night of the ship’s sinking. The second film on the Titanic disaster.

Drama: Biographical.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Sinking of the Titanic (15 April 1912)

Listing updated: 20 May 2012.

References: Thompson-Lost pp. xix, 12-13, 16-18.