Frankenstein pats the coffin with his ear close to it, murmuring that there will be a resurrection: "He""s just resting - waiting for a new life to come." DeMille first stated how the Biblical account of Moses had not provided any detail of the earliest three decades of Moses"" life, forcing the film""s scripters to turn to other non-canonical sources, including ancient historians, such as Philo and Josephus, and Midrash writings (a collection of ancient Rabbinic interpretations of scripture).They watched from afar as the mermaids attacked the crew left on the ship - and sank it.The few remaining crew members followed after Gibbs and Barbossa.Meanwhile, Blackbeard""s group of survivors also journeyed on land - a jungle rek to the interior of the island, carrying their prized mermaid in a glass coffin, and following a path to the chalices.In this very talkative, lengthy film directed by Victor Heerman, Groucho established himself with the character of "Captain Spaulding.