And then when he became caught on the descending platform and half sank out of sight, he scrambled back to safety on the sidewalk level.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...the dancerJOHN BARRYMORE as The BARONJOAN CRAWFORD as FLAEMMCHEN...the stenographerWALLACE BEERY as General Director PREYSINGLIONEL BARRYMORE as OTTO KRINGELEINLEWIS STONE as DOCTOR OTTERNSCHLAGJEAN HERSHOLT as SENF, the PorterAfterwards, the film opened with a left-to-right tracking shot atop a busy row of telephone operators at consoles, answering calls at Berlin""s ritzy hotel: "Hello, Grand Hotel.Jean-Luc Picard (which first TV-aired in 1987 and lasted seven seasons), set less than a year after the end of the series.Made that way, I guess."Denham strolls into their company, and sees Ann fondly petting the ship""s pet monkey - a miniature foreshadowing of the regal Beast in the film.