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.Original casting for the film called for Beulah Bondi as Ma Joad, James Stewart as Al, and Walter Brennan as Pa Joad.After speaking to Hunt, he cousin tipped off Sidorov by phone, and offered (for a price) o retrieve both the stolen Kremlin launch codes and the American - Hunt.I""m sure it doesn""t.Don""t worry so, Paula.Don""t worry."Later that evening, while Gregory is presumably practicing he piano and composing in a rented apartment nearby, Paula insists o Nancy that the gaslights dim in her bedroom: "That""s odd," but her maid claims that she didn""t turn the gas up in another room: "I never touched it.He was concerned about her loose reputation since they had broken up years earlier: "I was a fool to let you go out of my life.