Judy Garland performed a popular rendition of the song "San Francisco" in many of her live performances. She had a new introduction written for the song by Roger Edens, which referenced the film: "I never will forget Jeanette MacDonald / Just to think of her it gives my heart a pang / I never will forget how that brave Jeanette / Just stood there in the ruins and sang...and sang..."

According to The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco the city's famed Castro Theatre shows San Francisco on April 18th every year in commemoration of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

According to the book Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald, "Ten days after the lethal quake of October 17, 1989, World Series baseball fans, unconcerned by the lingering potential of aftershocks, packed into Candlestick Park, home to the San Francisco Giants. Following a solemn minute of homage to the dead, they proceeded to extol their city's gutsy vitality with a spirited chorus of 'San Francisco'."

In the film, Jeanette MacDonald introduced the title song "San Francisco" written by Bronislau Kaper and Walter Jurmann with lyrics by Gus Kahn which has since become a popular official anthem for the city.

by Andrea Passafiume