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Titanic History Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
| 1919 - 1st class survivor Miss Daisy E. Minahan died of tuberculosis in Los Angeles, California, USA at the age of 40.
1871 - 1st class survivor Miss Elizabeth Weed Shutes was born to Samuel E. Shute and Sarah Berrian Shute in Newburgh, New York, USA. 1872 - 1st class survivor Miss Sara Rebecca Compton was born to Alexander Taylor Compton and Mary Eliza Compton. 1918 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Anna De Messemaeker died in a mental hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, USA at the age of 42. 1869 - Carver Sig. Candido Scavino was born to Gioanni Scavino and Anna Frejlino in Guarene (Cuneo), Italy. 1912 - Day 11 of the American inquiry into the Titanic disaster in Washington, D. C., USA. Witnesses called that day: Salesman Edward J. Dunn, Deputy United States Marshal Charles H. Morgan, Managing Director of the White Star Line and First Class Passenger J. Bruce Ismay, First Class Passenger C. E. Henry Stengel, Counsel for IMM (White Star Line) S. C. Neale, First Class Passenger Archibald Gracie, First Class Passenger Helen W. Bishop, and First Class Passenger Dickinson H. Bishop. |
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Corey's Interviews: Liam Tuohy
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Who are you and what was your role in Titanic? My name is Liam Tuohy originally from Dublin, Ireland where I worked for many years in the entertainment industry before my move to Los Angeles some ten years ago to pursue my movie career. The role I played in "Titanic" was that of real-life survivor and last off the ship, 'Chief Baker Joughin'. When I researched, I discovered that while he was a heavy drinker, Joughin performed some heroic deeds before the sinking. We actually filmed one (which did not make the final cut) in which he was seen to toss deckchairs overboard for passengers to cling onto if they couln't make it into a lifeboat. How did you get this role? Like most of my fellow cast members I auditioned in June 1996 in Los Angeles. The tape was sent onto director James Cameron. Strangely, I never got a 'call back' and received a phone call some three months later from my amazed agent to say that I was cast for the movie. I'm not quite sure why they picked me - maybe throwing a bottle of Guinness over my head during the audition did the trick after all! What was your typical day like? There was no such thing simply because we were on 'night shoots' for most of the movie. I was originally supposedly booked for two weeks, but because most of my scenes were with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, I spent over five months shooting in Mexico. My 'typical day' officially started with my 4pm call to studio to work from 6 or 7pm until sun-up the following day. We wouldn't always be filming so then we would be kept on 'hold' at either the studio dressing rooms or back at our hotel. What was your impression of the final cut of the movie? I saw the final cut at our special 'cast premiere' just a few days before the official release and just like everyone else I was completely blown away. Like any other actor, some of my feelings were mixed because a few of my scenes didn't make the final cut, but overall I was most proud to have been part of such a great epic. Did you have any ideas or suggestions that you contributed to the movie? Did they make the final cut? Actually one of my ideas did. I showed the director my silver whiskey flask and told him it dated back to the era of 'Titanic' because my dad and his dad before him had passed it down the generations. Alluding to my movie character James Cameron contended that the Baker wouldn't get drunk on such a small amount. I countered that he would have it as 'back-up'. Later, during that night when the wind kicked in, they were impeded shooting because 'Titanic' sank in still waters. So James Cameron then created the 'drinking scene' for the baker at the back of the ship in which we used my dad's flask. I was very proud of that moment. |
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