".In many places, patrons were handed copies of "Nearer, My God, To Thee" to sing at the close of the film (according to German cinema owner Fred Berger, "much lusty singing took place at [the] screening") while in Britain a family of entertainers used their Gavioli organ to provide the Gaumont newsreel with an accompaniment of nautical tunes.Even though Gaumont was a French company, its "Titanic" did comparatively poorly in its home country; this was perhaps due to the local news being dominated not by "Titanic" but by the simultaneous capture of the Bonnot Gang of anarchist bandits.