Perhaps the most interesting prop in the film is that wheeled waiter's tray with a large silver cover on it.
After the ship had hit the iceberg, the pace of its sinking was measured by that cart's increasingly faster movements.
I believe that when it finally crashed into a shelf full of dishes, that the seriousness of the situation was realized.
Haunting, isn't it?
shareI noticed that tonight on TCM & it was very haunting.
shareOne of my favorite scenes, actually. Near the beginning of the sinking, it only moves slightly, further in when the steerage passengers walk in, it moves a little further, and then finally only about 20 minutes left in the sinking it rolls across the entire room and smashes into a shelf. Really is haunting.
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