No, not Titanic. Lifeboat is set in a lifeboat - reportedly the smallest set ever used for an entire movie. It's a fine technical achievement, but also works well as a film. The Hitchcock cameo is very subtle (originally he considered floating past the boat as a corpse). Tallulah Bankhead steals most scenes and John Steinbeck provided the original story.
In the name of the Project, we also watched his two World War II propaganda short films, Bon Voyage and Aventure malgache. Made in French with French actors, the idea was to show them in those areas of France where the Germans were already retreating. However, they were shelved and only shown to the public in the 90s. Both are very dull. I don't think I'll watch them again.
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