In a close-up of George's despairing, frustrated and dispirited face, he suddenly falls silent, realizing that he is doomed to stay in town.Although Luthor had successfully eliminated some of his opponents and Superman had vanished, he no longer had the Kryptonite to use as a weapon.Incarcerated in a prison work camp as the end result of his misadventures, and as part of an audience of chain-gang convicts watching a screening in a Southern black church of a Walt Disney cartoon (starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto), he retained one final ability - - to laugh.The reaction to the film was positive in Los Angeles, but in other cities where it was shown, it was a complete commercial failure - and in just a few weeks, similar to the failed Broadway premiere, the film was shelved.