cameos

I read that Harold Cottam was offered a role to play as himself in this film, but he declined the offer and the part went instead to Alec McCowen. Why did Harold Cottam decline? Were the memories of the sinking still painful to him?

I wish this site has a section for a repository of background cameos, characters that Cameron had snuck into scenes, without overtly indicating it to be anyone, however, may bear a consideration to a certain real life counterpart. Anyway, I cannot find such topic in the archives. Perhaps this...

Hi, all: I don't know if anyone has picked up this scene. Just as the Lucas family steps out on deck, a man and a woman are being forcibly separated at a boat. The husband pleads "Please, Lottie, for God's sake, be brave and go! I'll get a seat in another boat". I believe this is supposed...