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* It was the most expensive film ever made (an unheard of $1.4-million in 1923).
* Its producer/director repeatedly clashed with studio executives who tried to halt production altogether.
* It featured state-of-the-arts special effects (its 1923 "parting of the Red Sea" is still considered a triumph).
* It went on to become the biggest money-maker of its time. It moved audiences to tears, vindicating the creative vision and instinct of the Filmmaker.
The makers of Titanic have already saved notable artifacts from their film:
some have hit the auction block, others have been placed in a "Titanic Museum"
in Baja California. The "lost city" organizers hope this new-found reverence
for film artifacts will help their own efforts.
"Without Cecil B. DeMille, Titanic would never have happened," said a project organizer. "Because Hollywood as we know it would never have happened. So we really hope that some of the titanic-sized profits floating around Hollywood today will finally help us to save the "lost city"... while there's still something left to save."
