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Trivia. The Unsinkable Molly Brown. As with most Hollywood biopics, there are liberties taken with the real story, most notably in that Margaret (Molly) and J.J. never reconciled. They separated in 1909, although they remained good friends who cared deeply for each other until his passing.
With Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen. A poor, uneducated mountain girl leaves her cabin in search of respect, a wealthy husband, and a better life in this fictionalized biopic of Margaret "Molly" Brown, who survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Charles Walters
- 1964-06-11
- She Wasn’T Actually called Molly.
- She Started Working at A Tobacco Company at Age 13.
- She Married For Love.
- The Browns Were “New money.”
- Molly Brown Did Important Political and Philanthropic work.
- Her Marriage Was unhappy.
- Molly Brown Was Traveling on The Titanicalone.
- On The Titanic, She Exercised by Boxing.
- Her Good Luck Charm Was An Egyptian Statue.
One of the biggest misconceptions about Brown is her name; she was born Margaret, not Molly. While it’s sometimes said she didn’t earn the Molly moniker until after her death in 1932, historians found instances of her being called Mollie (with an -ie) in 1929, though the reasons for that new nickname are unknown. The Mollyname really got started wi...
Born in Hannibal, Missouri, in 1867 to Irish immigrants, Margaret Brown (née Tobin) did not come into the world wealthy. She was one of six children—two of whom were from her parents’ previous marriages (their respective first spouses both died and they married each other). The family home was a small, four-room cottage, and she attended a local pr...
In 1886 at the age of 18, Margaret moved to Leadville, Colorado, and began working at a local department store. It was in Leadville, circa spring 1886, that she met James Joseph “J.J.” Brown, a local mining foreman. After a brief courtship, the pair were married on September 1, 1886. It was ultimately a love match for her. “I wanted a rich man, but...
Soon after marrying, the Browns moved into a two-room cabin in Stumpftown, Colorado, which was closer to the mines where J.J. worked. Margaret began taking reading and literature classeswith a tutor, and in August 1887, the couple welcomed their first child, Lawrence (known as Larry). Less than two years later, in July 1889, their daughter, Catheri...
Before J.J. struck gold at the Little Jonny Mine, Margaret worked in soup kitchens to help local mining families. She’s even believed to have been involvedin the Colorado chapter of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. She continued her charitable work after the family relocated to Denver in 1894 and purchased a Queen Anne-style home f...
In addition to her political and philanthropic work, Brown studied at the Carnegie Institutein 1901, throwing herself into language and literature. She also studied acting in Paris and New York. Yet despite their newfound wealth and the opportunities it afforded them, the marriage between Margaret and J.J. was fraught with disagreements. In 1898, J...
With her marriage all but over, Brown began traveling. She visited Egypt with John Jacob Astor IV and his new wife, Madeleine, and then went to Europe. While she was in Paris with her daughter, she received word that her infant grandson was ill and decided to head back to the U.S. to help her son. Her daughter stayed behind (she was studying at the...
Brown was active and enjoyed exercising. During her voyage on the Titanic, she used the ship’s gymnasium and favored the punching bag, as she enjoyed boxing as a form of exercise. In fact, she liked boxing so much that she had a leather punching bagset up in her renovated carriage house.
Before Brown boarded the Titanic, she had bought herself a small, turquoise-colored statue in Egypt as a good luck charm. In gratitude, she later gave the small token to Captain Arthur Henry Rostron of the RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the Titanic castaways. As part of a committee of Titanic survivors, Brown also helped present Rostron with ...
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a 1964 American Western musical comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring Debbie Reynolds, filmed in Panavision. The screenplay by Helen Deutsch is based on the book of the 1960 musical of the same name by Richard Morris.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown turned out to be a huge hit for MGM, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 1964. The picture garnered six Oscar® nominations, including Reynolds' Best Actress nod.
- Charles Walters, Hank Moonjean
- Debbie Reynolds
Overview. The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly.
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