He had experienced a series of mediocre post-war flops, including RKO""s romantic comedyMagic Town (1947), the musical comedy anthologyOn Our Merry Way (1948)from UA, another romantic comedyYou Gotta Stay Happy (1948)from Universal,and MGM""s melodramatic-adventure filmMalaya (1949)."At the same time, Clark and Lois were on a long car drive back from the North to Metropolis - she was still astonished by what he had given up for her.Two of the counselors, Barry (Willie Adams) and blonde Claudette (Debra S.Hayes), left the gathering to make out.As hey kissed and groped each other, some unseen mysterious killer ascended the stairs and found them in a state of partial undress.In the film""s infamous shower electrocution scene, hostage Riggs was tortured (strung up half-naked, doused in water, and prodded with an electric sponge attached to a car battery) by albino villain Mr.However, its idyllic view of life and example of personal film-making was overshadowed by the self-absorbent, drug-induced, erratic behavior of the filmmakers, chronicled in Peter Biskind""s ell-allEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and Rock ""N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (1999).