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Titanic History
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

1889 - 1st class survivor Mrs Maria Josefa Perezde Soto y Vallejo Peñasco Y Castellana was born.

1995 - 3rd class survivor Miss Beatrice Irene Sandström died at the age of 85.

1885 - Assistant Plateman Mr Georges Aspeslagh was born in Switzerland.

Behind the Scenes: Scene Facts: The Woman in the Picture

Rose, in her old age, owns a Pomeranian. A Pomeranian was one of only three dogs known to have survived the disaster. As the real ship sank, a passenger freed dogs from their kennels, and a survivor later recalled a French bulldog swimming in the ocean. Cameron filmed scenes portraying the doomed animals but cut them.
Cameron modeled Old Rose after 103-year old sculptress Beatrice Wood of Ojai California.
Rose's name comes from Cameron's grandmother.
Originally Cameron wanted to have a survivor play this part, but found that most of the survivors either were too young to remember the sinking or too frail to survive the long trip and shooting hours.
Although the camera pans over photographs in Old Rose's house, any pictures that Old Rose carried with her on the Keldysh are not shown until the end of the movie.
During test screening, it was discovered that many viewers didn't know the band played to the end. Cameron decided to add a few lines about the band to the television interview with Lovett.

Film Info

Scene Facts
opening sequence
ghost ship
pay day
the woman in the picture
distant memories
boarding
lucky hand
paintings
king of the world
lunch
first glance
suicide
heart of the ocean
sketches on deck
dining in the snakepit
a real party
confrontations
flying
portrait
chased by lovejoy
the car
the iceberg
rescue
'not without you'
sinking
vertical stern
the promise
carpathia

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