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Director of the first Titanic film dies

Director of the first Titanic film dies

Tributes have been paid to Roy Ward Baker, the director of the first film about the sinking of the Titanic, who had died aged 93.

Mr. Baker’s film A Night to Remember (1958) won critical acclaim and was praised for its historical accuracy.

He had begun his career in the 1930s with Gainsborough Pictures in London. Rising to the position of assistant director he worked with Alfred Hitchcock on the thriller The Lady Vanishes (1938).

During the war he served with the Army before being seconded to the Army Cinema Corps

In Hollywood he directed some of the great stars including Marilyn Monroe in Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) and Robert Ryan in Inferno (1953). 

His later films included Quatermass and the Pit (1967) and The Anniversary (1968) which starred Bette Davis.

Mr. Baker also had a long list of directing credits in television, including episodes of The Avengers, The Saint and The Persuaders.

 

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