" He told Hermione that he wasn""t intending on returning to school the next year, but was planning on locating R.It appeared that they had become trapped here ("There""s no way out"), starved, and died.It was possible that this would be the Dwarves"" own fate, although Thorin vowed he would not surrender: "I will not die like this.[Note: Hepburn""s suggested itle for the play wasThe Answer to This Malden""s Prayer.]After several commercial failures and labeled "box office poison" in 1938 byPhotoplay Magazine, Hepburn struck out on her own by bringing the property to MGM after buying he film rights to the play.In slow-motion, he man-ape leader flings his weapon, a fragmented piece of the bone, exultantly and jubilantly into the air.