I am shrieking about the fact that Captain Flint has healthy friendships with women so cannot possibly be homosexual.

It's bloody 1953 in there. Fascinating snippet from Roger Barnes though. Probably about to be drowned under "But he was married twice!". Once notoriously unsuccessfully, once rather unconventionally and I would not be in the least surprised if it was based on an attraction of minds and Evgenia's need for a passport.