Column Chronicles: Original titles of famous movies

Original titles of famous movies

Frank Cotolo
July 18, 2019

When the general public sees a motion picture's finished product, the general public accepts that everything about that movie was perfectly planned. Not so. Take titles, for instance. Some of the most popular and classic movies in the history of film did not have an official title when in production. I, being connected to impeccable sources in Hollywood, am able to reveal the truth behind movie titles before they had the titles they had when they were released. Here are a few, with more to come.

BEN-HUR
This blockbuster went through production with the following titles:
BEN OF ROME; JUDAH, JUDAH, JUDAH!; WRONGLY ACCUSED; BEN HUR (without the hyphen).

CITIZEN KANE
Considered by many as the greatest movie ever made, it had numerous titled before released, such as:
KID KANE; FUN TO RUN A NEWSPAPER; ME AND MY SLED; YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH TWICE; FILTHY RICH BUT AGING POORLY; JERAMIAH'S PAL

BIRTH OF A NATION

The original silent spectacle was always controversial and so were its original titles:
THE BLUE THE GRAY AND THE BLACK; SEGREGATION NATION; A COUNTRY IN TROUBLE; THERE IS NOTHING CIVIL ABOUT WAR; IMPRISONED DARKNESS; THE KIDS OF THE KLAN; WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
From a best selling novel, the movie was first to be called other titles:
NOW AND FOREVER; INFINITY’S HORIZON; HERE AND FARTHER AWAY; FROM WAR TO ETERNITY; TO ETERNITY WE GO; SOLDIERS IN PAIN; SOLDIERS IN LOVE; LOVE ON THE BEACH; SO FAR, SO GOOD

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