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A Night to Remember is a 1955 non-fiction book by Walter Lord that tells the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The book was hugely successful, and is still considered a definitive resource about the Titanic. Lord interviewed 63 survivors of the disaster and drew on books, memoirs, and articles that they had written.
The film is based on Walter Lord's book A Night to Remember (1955). In Ray Johnson's documentary The Making of 'A Night to Remember' (1993), Lord says that when he wrote his book, there was no mass interest in the Titanic , [ 13 ] and he was the first writer in four decades to attempt a grand-scale history of the disaster, synthesising written ...
Lord's grave in the family plot at Green Mount Cemetery. Lord died at age 84 on May 19, 2002, after suffering from Parkinson's disease, at his Manhattan home. [6] Noted historian David McCullough said of Lord at his death, "He was one of the most generous and kind-hearted men I've ever known, and when I had stars in my eyes and wanted to become a writer, he was a great help.
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"A Night to Remember" was an American television play broadcast live on March 28, 1956, as part of the NBC television series, Kraft Television Theatre. The play was based on Walter Lord's 1955 book, A Night to Remember, depicting the final night of the Titanic. George Roy Hill was the director.
A Simple Story is a novel by English author and actress, Elizabeth Inchbald. [1] Published in early 1791 as an early example of a "novel of passion", it was very successful and became widely read in England and abroad. [1] It went into a second edition in March 1791. [2] It is still in print today. [3]
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A Night to Remember is a 1942 American comedy mystery film starring Loretta Young and Brian Aherne. It was directed by Richard Wallace , and is based on the 1942 novel The Frightened Stiff by Audrey Roos and William Roos .