Finian's Rainbow Finian's Rainbow Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane, produced by Lee Sabinson. The original 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances, while a film version was released in 1968 and several revivals have followed. Finian moves to the southern United States (the fictional state of Missitucky is a combination of Mississippi and Kentucky) from Ireland with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. Og, a leprechaun, follows them, desperate to
At the End of the Rainbow as "At the End of the Rainbow". By March 1966 (and possibly earlier), the film's title had been changed to "The Princess and the Magic Frog". As with other "kiddie matinee" offerings of the time, the film did not receive a simultaneous nationwide release and, consequently, continued to play in local movie theaters across the United States until as late as 1971. The film was largely forgotten and thought to be lost, until Something Weird Video released it on DVD in 2004. Upon releasing the film, Something Weird Video advertised their newfound discovery writing, "Yes, boys and girls, here's another