My Wild Irish Rose

For the silent film, see My Wild Irish Rose (1922 film).

My Wild Irish Rose
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Butler
Written by	Peter Milne
Produced by	William Jacobs
Starring	Dennis Morgan
Cinematography	Arthur Edeson William V. Skall
Edited by	Irene Morra
Music by	Max Steiner Ray Heindorf
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 24, 1947 (1947-12-24)(New York City)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3,540,000 [1]
Box office	$3.4 million (US rentals) [2] or $4,890,000 [1]

My Wild Irish Rose is a 1947 American musical 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. ^[3]

Plot

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

Cast

Dennis Morgan and Andrea King in My Wild Irish Rose

• 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

Soundtrack

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.

Box office

According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $3,921,000 in the U.S. and $969,000 in other markets. ^[1]

References

1. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46
3. "My Wild Irish Rose" – via www.imdb.com.

External links

Media related to My Wild Irish Rose (1947 film) at Wikimedia Commons

• My Wild Irish Rose at IMDb
• My Wild Irish Rose at the TCM Movie Database