When "The Wizard of Oz" was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1939, it was an immediate success, if not an instant money-maker. Nominated for six Academy Awards, the film won just two—for its score by Herbert Stothart and its signature song, "Over the Rainbow," written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg and sung, of course, by a young Judy Garland. The film lost Best Picture to "Gone with the Wind," but what must have really stung MGM...Continue Reading