20th Century Fox Studio Classics

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Originally Posted by James Luckard

The 1953 film is far more fictionalized than Cameron's film.

The love story in the 1997 film is fictional, but everything else is scrupulously accurate. Probably 1/3 to half of the 1997 film is concerned not with the fictional lovers but the historical figures, who are rendered as accurately as possible. In addition, the gargantuan sets and stunning props were all reproduced from the original designs.

The 1953 film is just a big sudsy romantic 50s melodrama that happens to take place on the Titanic, in which the true story plays a miniscule role. It's worth watching, but almost nothing, from the way the historical incidents and characters are portrayed, to the sets, is very accurate at all.

Well said!

I like all 3 of these Titanic films. I do not own the '53 movie but as a big Barbara Stanwyck fan I will eventually add it to my collection.