Titanic the movie is now 25 years old and to celebrate this milestone, it is being rereleased for fans, just in time for Valentine's Day.
The film captured the hearts of people around the world as they watched Jack and Rose, played by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, fall in love on that fateful journey.
The 1997 hit movie broke records and is bound to be another hit when it returns to cinemas to mark the anniversary this weekend.
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Titanic Belfast shared some other wonderful love stories from passengers who were on the ship on their website which you can check out ahead of settling down to watch the movie again.
ISIDOR AND IDA STRAUS
One of the most popular love stories was that of the owners of Macy’s Department Store, New York, Mr Isidor Straus, and his wife, Ida, who travelled back from winter in Europe onboard Titanic.
Once it was clear the ship was sinking, Ida refused to leave Isidor and would not get into a lifeboat without him, apparently stating, "I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together.”
Although Isidor was offered a seat in a lifeboat to accompany Ida, he refused seating while there were still women and children aboard.
Ida also reportedly gave her maid, Ellen, her fur coat as she would no longer need it, and insisted that she got on a lifeboat. A memorial plaque for them can be seen today at the 34th Street Memorial Entrance of Macy's Herald Square.
JJ ASTOR AND WIFE MADELEINE
There was also 13 known honeymooning couples on board Titanic’s maiden voyage, including J.J Astor, owner of Waldorf Astoria Hotel (aged 47), and his nineteen year old wife.
According to the New York Times Astor “put up and owned more hotels and skyscrapers than any other New Yorker”, he was estimated to be worth as much as $200 million and was the richest man on Titanic as well as Nelle Stevenson & John Pillsbury Snyder, a relative of the Pillsbury Company’s founder!
KATE FLORENCE PHILIPS AND HENRY MORLEY
Another favourite is the story of the ‘Love of the Sea’ necklace, which may have been the inspiration behind the ‘Heart of the Ocean’ storyline.
Kate Florence Philips (aged 19) boarded Titanic with the owner of the shop she worked for, Henry Morley - 20 years her senior with a wife and child! They left for America to elope and start a new life together.
Henry gave her a sapphire diamond necklace set in platinum, called the ‘Love of the Sea’, which she wore proudly on board Titanic. Henry did not survive the tragedy, however, Kate got onboard a lifeboat and brought the necklace with her. She gave birth to Henry’s daughter, Ellen, a few months later.
You can learn more things you didn’t know about Titanic with a visit to Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest and most authentic Titanic visitor experience. Following a £4.5m investment, the reimagined Titanic Experience will relaunch on Saturday, March 4, introducing four new themed spaces!
Guests will delve deeper into a reflective journey of the hopes and dreams of those impacted by the iconic ship, giving them the chance to find out more about the lives and stories of the passengers who had dreams of starting a new life in America, as well as those who built the ship in Belfast and those who discovered her wreck.
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