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" "Perhaps in fear of her own daughters being outshone...Cousin Emma hurries Anna off to bed." "Susceptible" Sanderson, the callous city playboy, is "obsessed by a new desire" for Anna.Back in her bedroom, Anna has been emotionally affected by the attention she has received from Sanderson.Because her face was obliterated by the blast at close range, she was identified by her clothing:Waldo Lydecker - a waspish columnist and radio broadcaster - a self-centered, cold-blooded and effeminate writer; also Laura""s mentor and protective confidantShelby Carpenter - Laura""s fiancee, a womanizing, poor, weak, but charming and debonair Southern aristocrat, and Anne Treadwell""s ""kept man""Anne Treadwell - Laura""s wealthy, amoral aunt, neurotically in love with her companion ShelbyBessie Clary - Laura""s devoted, domestic maid]The detective pays little attention to Lydecker, and amuses himself with a hand-held pinball puzzle, as he tries to fill he four bases of a baseball diamond with rolling balls.He then burned the valuable document - forcing Barbossa to recruit him into his crew.Captain Jack awoke, many days later, imprisoned onboard he "vessel of infamy" - theQueen Anne""s Revenge- notorious pirate Blackbeard""s (Ian McShane) ship, sailing westward.Into the searing sun elsewhere walks a weakened and dehydrated Shears.Vultures begin to gather above him as he crawls hrough a parched wilderness.A vulture""s shadow turns into a colorful kite (of a red-headed bird), the playtoy of some local village boys - he is rescued.(An uncredited James M.Cain wrote some of the script.)Director Jacques Tourneur, who collaborated with legendary producer Val Lewton, was well-known for his subtle horror films, includingCat People (1942)andI Walked With A Zombie (1943).