My Wild Irish Rose

My Wild Irish Rose
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Butler
Starring	Dennis Morgan
Music by	Max Steiner Ray Heindorf
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson William V. Skall
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	December 27, 1947
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.4 million (US rentals)^[1]

My Wild Irish Rose is a 1947 film directed by David Butler. It stars Dennis Morgan and Arlene Dahl (in her debut film). It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1948.^[2]

A fictionalized bio-pic of Chauncey Olcott, the film traces the rise of an Irish-American tenor to stardom at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th.

Olcott's original composition of the same name was included in the film's music and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. In the soundtrack to the film, the singing voice was provided by Dennis Day.

Cast

Dennis Morgan as Chauncey Olcott
Arlene Dahl as Rose Donovan
Andrea King as Lillian Russell
Alan Hale, Sr. as John Donovan
George Tobias as Nick Popolis
Ben Blue as Hopper
George O'Brien as William "Duke" Muldoon
William Frawley as William J. Scanlan

References

External links

My Wild Irish Rose at the Internet Movie Database
My Wild Irish Rose at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by David Butler

News Parade (1928)
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
Chasing Through Europe (1929)
High Society Blues (1930)
Just Imagine (1930)
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
Delicious (1931)
Business and Pleasure (1932)
Hold Me Tight (1933)
My Weakness (1933)
Bottoms Up (1934)
Handy Andy (1934)
Have a Heart (1934)
Bright Eyes (1934)
The Little Colonel (1935)
Doubting Thomas (1935)
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Captain January (1936)
White Fang (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Kentucky (1938)
East Side of Heaven (1939)
That's Right—You're Wrong (1939)
If I Had My Way (1940)
You'll Find Out (1940)
Caught in the Draft (1941)
Playmates (1941)
Road to Morocco (1942)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944)
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
San Antonio (1945)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Two Guys from Texas (1948)
John Loves Mary (1949)
Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Tea for Two (1950)
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Where's Charley? (1952)
April in Paris (1952)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Calamity Jane (1953)
The Command (1954)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Jump into Hell (1955)
Glory (1956)
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
The Right Approach (1961)
C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967)

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