At 52 years of age, Bogart was also past his prime as a handsome, hard-boiled detective.] John Mills, David Niven, and Bette Davis were, at one time, considered for the lead roles.During the course of many hardships and quarrels along a course filled with tropical dangers and ""evil"" Germans in a warship, hey develop a hard-earned love and respect for each other.The next day on the basketball court at school, Peter found vengeful retribution when he humiliated Flash during a practice session in front of his classmates - by slam-dunking the basketball and breaking the backboard.He also realized that advanced ruths and new, more complicated and confounding scientific wonders were also being taught by Anna - to the future King:"The world is a round ball which spins on an invisible stick through its middle" (new teachings of Anna)"The world rides on the back of a great turtle who keeps it from running into the stars" (old understandings of his son, now being challenged)The King contemplated to himself: "In my head are many facts, but I am not sure...It is an ancient creature we spiders fear above all others." They were surrounded by Aragog""s hungry offspring, but were saved when the flying car appeared and brought them back to Hagrid""s.] Lugosi established himself as the definitive screen vampire.The plotline was taken from Abraham ("Bram") Stoker""s 1897 novelDracula.(The screenplay by Garrett Fort was more closely adapted from the successful stage play by Hamilton Deane and John L.