Shelf Life
“In 1955 work was abruptly halted on production of John Hubley’s animated feature-length version of Finian’s Rainbow which was to feature the voices of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Logan, and Frank Sinatra, among others; it was killed, according to John Canemaker, by Roy Brewer, head of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union (IATSE), after Hubley refused to appear and name names before the McCarthyite Hollywood Committee. After Hubley’s refusal, Chemical Bank, the film’s principal investor, withdrew all financial support.”
–Meyerson and Harburg, Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist
