Round 4: Tossup 20

Nearly 30 million people watched a teleplay about this event directed by George Roy Hill and narrated by Claude Rains for NBC’s Kraft Television Theatre. An infamously shambolic German film about this event was banned by Joseph Goebbels, who probably (15[1])ordered the suicide of its director Herbert Selpin midway through shooting. A film about this event is widely credited with reinvigorating the movie theatre business across Russia. The residents of Dalbeattie (“dal-BEE-tee”) criticized that film about this event for its poor depiction of (*) William McMaster Murdoch. The comedy actress Dorothy (10[1])Gibson played herself in the first film about this event, which was released just 31 days after it occurred. During a shoot in Nova Scotia, the crew of a film about this event was poisoned with PCP in soup. Kenneth More starred in a 1958 film about this event based on Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember. For 10 points, name this event dramatized in a 1997 romance by James Cameron. ■END■

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