Titanic: Movie Blunders That Fans Didn’t Catch

Published on 06/10/2024
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The case of the missing suspenders

Everyone is familiar with the iconic moment from Titanic, where Rose uses an axe to assist Jack remove his handcuffs. However, did you catch this small detail? Jack wears suspenders at the beginning of the scene, but they vanish instantly. Did he merely take them off because he felt they were restricting his style? Since the cuffs shackled his hands, he was actually unable to remove them!

The Case Of The Missing Suspenders

The Case Of The Missing Suspenders

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He wasn’t a coward

Although the movie depicted Cal employing a child to enter a lifeboat, there was another tale that was largely unreported after the Titanic sank but wasn’t included in the movie. Bruce Ismay, the chairman of White Star Line, allegedly pretended to be a woman in order to slip into a lifeboat. He is shown in the film occupying a space on one of the boats with women and kids. However, in reality, he assisted numerous other travelers before securing a spot on the final lifeboat.

He Wasn’t A Coward

He Wasn’t A Coward

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