By 2014, "Over the Rainbow," penned in 1938 by Yip Harburg, had become became attached to a new legend: that its lyrics were about the Jewish experience during the pattern of suppression, oppression, and violence that comprised the I've been watching it already.The music part is fabulous about Somewhere Over the Rainbow is about the holocaust. Originally popularized by Judy Garland's rendition in the film, the standard received new attention when it was covered in 1993 by Hawaiian artist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"). Their protests were effective, and Mayer decreed that the song remain in the film. Producer Mervyn LeRoy and assistant producer Arthur Freed argued passionately for the song’s inclusion Mervyn reportedly threatened to quit the film if the song was cut. Eddie Mannix, manager of the MGM studio, claimed that the song slowed the pace of the movie. In another account, half a dozen MGM executives were in favor of cutting the song, questioning why Judy Garland was singing in a farmyard. According to one report, studio head Louis B. was almost cut from the film during the process of test screenings and final editing in the summer of 1939. And ironically, that magic moment almost didn't make it into the final version of the movie: One of the most iconic moments in that most iconic of films was Judy Garland's rendition of the song "Over the Rainbow," a ballad that resonated with Depression-era audiences for its expression of Dorothy Gale's yearning wish to be somewhere better, somewhere other than the current bleak landscape. Yet the winner of that honor, according to a 2018 study, is the beloved 1939 MGM musical The Wizard of Oz. Fans of Casablanca would likely point out that it is probably the most-referenced movie of all time. Many cinema buffs would argue that elements of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane can be found in virtually every film that followed it. Which single movie has had the greatest influence, in both artistic and economic terms, on the film industry? Anyone born in the last half century or so might venture that the ongoing massive appeal of the Star Wars universe means that film should claim the crown.
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