Wrong name: "Mary", not "Marie".


The name of the real ship was "Mary", and the film was called "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste." The DVD cover shown on the web page reads "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste." If you watch the film on Youtube (where it's called "Phantom Ship"), the ship is referred to twice in the opening credits as "Mary Celeste", the cast call it "Mary", and the name "Mary Celeste" is painted on the bow and stern.

At least part of the problem is that Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story based on the events, but changed the name, possibly accidentally, to "Marie." Now the name is mistakenly used everywhere, including here. People can't resist putting "Marie", even when the evidence to the contrary is right in front of them. It might also be that "Marie" seems to go more naturally with "Celeste" than does "Mary", but whatever the cause, it's wrong. IMDB should correct it.

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