They were interrupted by pushy promoter Duke, pulling up in a limousine with his assistant Merlin Sheets (Michael Sheehan), who again offered to manage Rocky""s career if he would come out of retirement: "It""s a hell of a payday.It won five major Academy Awards out of ten nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (co-written by Wilder and I.With his performance, he solidified his status as one of the leading actors of the 30s.The screenplay departed from some of the facts of the rue event by romanticizing the cavortings of the ""beefcake"" crew with the Tahitian native women, and by distorting the historical record with a denouncement and snubbing of the contemptuous, malevolent Bligh at the conclusion of the court-martial trial - in fact, the notorious Captain Bligh was later promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral by the British Navy.Batman spoke with Reeves in his hospital room, and learned that Reeves had helped Beaumont and Andrea flee to Europe."Plot SynopsisA title card described the Gay Nineties (1890s) and he turn-of-the-century setting of New York City""s Bowery:When they did such things and they said such things on the Bowery.