A Night To Remember, 1958

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A Night To Remember, 1958
A ship's bell of heavily cast brass with black gloss in-filled lettering Titanic 1912 cast in centre, securing crown with 'D' clip supporting bell from apex of rope-covered frame secured to circular custom-made display base, the bell -- 19in. (48cm.) high, the frame -- 50x29½in. (127x75cm.), the base -- 35in. (89cm.) diam., with raised brass plaque engraved R.M.S. Titanic 1912 -- made for the 1958 Rank film A Night To Remember; and related material comprising: a British quad film poster, style A -- 30x40in. (76.2x101.6cm.) and corresponding programme, campaign book and cinema foyer display -- 11x17in. (28x43cm.) framed; four books: LORD, Walter A Night To Remember, London: Longmans, 1956, first edition, original boards and dust jacket (2); a Readers Union Ltd. edition of the same title, Longmans, 1957, original boards; and BEESLEY, Laurence The Loss Of The Titanic, London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1912, second edition (1929), original boards (lacking back cover); and a photograph album, the black cloth boards titled in gilt S.S. Titanic, April 15 1912, oblong, 4to. (a lot)

Lot Essay

A Night To Remember is the second of three films to have been made about the sinking of the Titanic, the first, Titanic, made in 1953 by Twentieth Century Fox and the most recent film of the same title released in 1997. The ship's bell in the above lot, situated at the bow of the vessel, is seen in one of the film's most dramatic moments when the iceberg is spotted and the alarm is raised. According to the vendor, he acquired this bell from Trading Post Hire in 1978.

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