Finian's Rainbow/Trivia

• Dawson Casting: Petula Clark was in her 30s when she payed Sharon.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Kind of inevitable when the movie stars Fred Astaire.
• What Could Have Been: A feature-length Animated Adaptation, with a cast including Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong, was begun in the early '50s, but the era's Red Scare, and the refusal of writer Yip Harburg and director John Hubley to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and "name names"' led to the project losing its financial backing and being scrapped.