History YMMV / ANightToRemember

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: This film popularized the theory that the iceberg cut a 300-foot gash in the ''Titanic''. While this made sense based on the information that was available in 1956, it was ultimately disproved after the wreck was discovered in 1985.

* NarmCharm: Most of the death scenes are horrific. However, the scream overdub for the first man who jumps into the ocean is just a little too dramatic to be taken seriously.

** Even some passengers who make it to the lifeboats perish afterwards. In one scene just before their rescue by the ''SS Carpathia'', a Welshman tries to awaken his friend who has frozen to death.

* Narm: Most of the death scenes are horrific. However, the scream overdub for the first man who jumps into the ocean is just a little too dramatic to be taken seriously.

** Even some passengers who made it to the lifeboats perish afterwards. In one scene just before their rescue by the ''SS Carpathia'', a Welshman tries to awaken his friend who has died.

** Prior to the movie a live Creator/{{NBC}} television version was done in 1956. While forgotten today, it was a huge production and was well received earning an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for its live camera work. The whole program has thankfully survived and is available online [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Q5IfNLbZc here]].

** The 1958 film has pretty much overshadowed the existence of the book it was based on. The only reason most people know of the book is thanks to the film's promotional material mentioning it. (Except for ''Titanic'' buffs, for whom author Walter Lord's ''A Night to Remember'' and follow-up book ''The Night Lives On'' are basically unofficial Bibles.)
** Also before this movie a live Television version was done in 1956. While forgotten today, it was a huge production and was well received earning an Emmy for its live camera work. The whole program has thankfully survived and is available online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Q5IfNLbZc.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The 1958 film has pretty much overshadowed the existence of the book it was based on. The only reason most people know of the book is thanks to the film's promotional material mentioning it. (Except for ''Titanic'' buffs, for whom author Walter Lord's ''A Night to Remember'' and follow-up book ''The Night Lives On'' are basically unofficial Bibles.)

* TearJerker: Dear GOD, the last half hour of the film will have ''anyone'' in floods of tears.

* ValuesDissonance: Due to the progression of gender equality in the decades since both the actual sinking and the making of this movie, Lightoller's puritanical refusal to allow men to escape the sinking can come across as quite disturbing to modern viewers.
** However later on in the film it's shown that one of the officers does in fact allow men on board some of the boats.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film was a money loser when it premiered in 1958. However, now it is rivaled only by Creator/JamesCameron's film as the best dramatization of the disaster. Even today, [[DatedHistory with the hindsight of the fact that]] ''[[DatedHistory Titanic]]'' [[DatedHistory actually did split before she sank]], the sheer accuracy that goes into the sinking scene is ''stunning''.

** Also before this movie a live Television version was done in 1956, while forgotten today, it was a huge production and was well received earning an Emmy for its live camera work. The whole program has thankfully survived and is available online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Q5IfNLbZc.

** The fact that the evacuations were done by class, meaning that even third-class women and children were kept below-decks and largely uninformed of the danger until the vast majority of boats had already been launched. What makes the whole thing even worse is that in the real sinking, some of the officers (including Lightoller) launched several lifeboats early on at less-than-full capacity (one infamously only carrying half a dozen passengers plus the rowers)...because they couldn't find enough 1st and 2nd class women and children on deck to fill them.

** Also before this movie a live Television version was done in 1956, while forgotten today, it was a huge production and was well received earning an Emmy for its live camera work. The whole program has thankfully survived and is available onlinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Q5IfNLbZc .

* AdaptationDisplacement: The 1958 film has pretty much overshadowed the existence of the book it was based on. The only reason most people know of the book is thanks to the film's promotional material mentioning it. (Except for ''Titanic'' buffs, for whom author Walter Lord's ''A Night to Remember'' and follow-up book ''The Night Goes On'' are basically unofficial Bibles.)

* AdaptationDisplacement: The 1958 film has pretty much overshadowed the existence of the book it was based on. The only reason most people know of the book is thanks to the film's promotional material mentioning it. (Except for ''Titanic'' buffs, for whom Lord's ''A Night to Remember'' and follow-up book ''The Night Goes On'' are basically unofficial Bibles.)

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Though not as spectacular as the ones in Creator/JamesCameron's, the effects were absolutely groundbreaking for the 1950s and hold up relatively well even today, especially during the sinking scene.

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* AdaptationDisplacement: The 1958 film has pretty much overshadowed the existence of the book it was based on. The only reason most people know of the book is thanks to the film's promotional material mentioning it. (Except for ''Titanic'' buffs, for whom Lord's ''A Night to Remember'' and ''The Night Goes On'' are basically unofficial Bibles.)