A ★★★★★ review of Amadeus (1984) AMADEUS is Miloš Forman's biopic of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Miloš Forman is widely known for films like ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEXT and HAIR. With AMADEUS Forman plays with the rivalry between Mo...

“To watch Amadeus on the big screen is amazing…”

My ★★★★★ star review of Amadeus (1984) on @Letterboxd:

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Chief Engineer Bell

It did not and Ismay was grilled for the next few hours. He was asked what he did following the collision and related how he had met Chief Engineer Bell on the companionway; Bell felt that the ship was seriously damaged but that the pumps would keep her afloat. #Titanic

Hoping that this would placate the investigating committee, Ismay concluded, 'That, sir, I think is all I can tell you.' #Titanic

He gave a very general description of the disaster, and said that the full speed of the ship was 78 revolutions but to the best of his knowledge the ship never exceeded 75 and was not at full speed. #Titanic

Ismay tetifies at the Senate Inquiry

The first witness called was Joseph Bruce Ismay himself. He started by saying that he welcomed the inquiry and confirmed that he was a voluntary passenger on board the #Titanic.

New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel, the site of the first few days of the US Senate Inquiry

At 10.30am ET at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, Senator William Smith opened the US Senate Inquiry into the disaster, starting with a statement describing the remit of the investigation. #Titanic #NewYork

Zwemvest van Titanic-overlevende verkocht voor honderdduizenden euro's

Tragically, Lefebvre was to find out that his family on the ship had all died. They were Frances Marie (40), Mathilde (12), Jeannie (8), Henry (5), and Ida (3). #Titanic

Over the coming days, there would be numerous offers to rehome the orphans and these were directed to the Children's Aid Society. #Titanic

Titanic 1st class passenger Margaret Hays

Their names, as reported in the press, were Louis and Lolo (the latter variously also referred to as Momo, or Lump!) and they seemed to be about 3-4 years old with curly hair. They spoke no English and were being looked after by survivor Margaret Hays, who spoke French.

The mysterious waifs of the sea.

Amongst the heartbreak and recriminations, there was another mystery; two young French children had been placed in the very last lifeboat by their father (who had perished) and no one knew who they were. #Titanic

Photo of the side of an old car. The front open window shows the face of a man and a woman. In the rear window, a young boy's head can be seen from behind the open window.

19 April 1926 | A Dutch Jew, Joseph Olman, was born in #Rotterdam.

In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz with his parents (in the picture): Eliazar Israel and Cornelia. They were murdered in a gas chamber.

The memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral in London on April 19th

In London, a congregation believed to number 10,000 people attended a memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral. Among the glitterati were representatives of the Government, various ambassadors, and the brother of W.T.Stead. #Titanic

The SS Californian

Early in the morning of the 19th, the Californian docked in #Boston. The scores of relatives of those on the #Titanic and journalists waiting at the dock soon had confirmed what had already been wirelessed; that the ship had no bodies aboard.

A notice on the RMS Olympic April 19th

A notice is printed on the Olympic thanking the passengers for their 'kind and sympathetic attitude to the company' and notes that the collection for the relief fund has so far reached £1,347-6-0

Dat hele rampzalige circus van de VVD - het opblazen van Rutte IV, de leugens van Yesilgöz, het horrorkabinet met PVV, BBB en NSC, het verzet tegen de eigen spreidingswet, de Malieveldrellen (incl aanval op D66-kantoor!) - wordt nu door Rob Jetten beloond. Opdat de VVD kan 'leveren op asiel'.

"Annotations are basically the comment section of books. Except that human decency lives there."

Titanic life jacket sells for £530,000 at auction It is the only life jacket from the Titanic to be sold at auction in 114 years.

Breaking #titanic news: Laura Francatelli's lifejackete reaches £530,000 at auction ca.news.yahoo.com/titanic-life...

A VCR never sold my private info to a nazi

BlueSky still doesn't work as it should...

Back for another #LastFourWatched on this sunny #LetterboxdFriday! I saw Eurotrip again, an old favourite and I was disappointed by Lee Cronin's The Mummy.

Eurotrip (Rewatch, 4 stars)
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2,5 stars)
Drømmer (4 stars)
The Drama (4 stars)

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A ★★★★ review of EuroTrip (2004) EUROTRIP remains one of the better films of its genre. In a time where the AMERICAN PIE sequels got all the attention, EUROTRIP was a little pearl that sadly got ignored by the studio as well as the b...

“EUROTRIP remains one of the better films of its genre…”

My ★★★★ star review of Eurotrip (2004) on @Letterboxd:

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De aanval op Libanon een 'lichtpuntje' noemen terwijl er massaal onschuldige burgers, hulpverleners en journalisten worden gedood. En hele gemeenschappen op de vlucht slaan…

De VVD is totaal de weg kwijt als het gaat om het morele kompas 🙄🤦‍♀️

Kinderen die worden gemarteld in gevangenissen. Burgerdoelen die worden gebombardeerd. Witte fosfor die boven woonwijken wordt gebruikt. De doodstraf voor enkel Palestijnen. Duizenden vrouwen en kinderen dood. Kunnen jullie dat veroordelen?

VVD: 'Neuhh, daar voelen wij niets voor.'

a man in a suit is playing a violin while another man plays a double bass ALT: a man in a suit is playing a violin while another man plays a double bass

“Music to drown by. Now I know I’m in First Class!” #Titanic

Tributes from the Royal Family

Words of Sympathy were received from dignitories around the world, including these lines from the King and Queen, and Queen Alexandra. The King would donate 500 guineas, the Queen 250 guineas and Queen Alexandra £200 to the forthcoming relief fund.

A ★★½ review of Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) So, I just saw LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY. And it's a mixed bag. It has some great gore, but at the same time was some of the CGI horrible. Another plus are the child actors. All of them did a pretty good...

“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is deeply unsatisfying…”

My ★★½ star review of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy on @Letterboxd:

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het ronselen van kindsoldaten is begonnen

However, Cape Race had certainly not made a mistake; and by 1.58am ET (6.58am GMT) the Allan Liner had sent a message to its Montreal HQ saying that the Titanic was sinking. It has never been ascertained who had sent out this disinformation to Hosey.

5 or 10 minutes later, another telegram was sent out, saying 'Kill flash #Titanic sunk. Montreal says the wireless operator at Cape Race made a mistake in reading wireless signals.'