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My Wild Irish Rose
1947 film by David Butler
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]
| My Wild Irish Rose | |
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| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | Peter Milne |
| Starring | Dennis Morgan |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson William V. Skall |
| Music by | Max Steiner Ray Heindorf |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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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] |
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.
- 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
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.
According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $3,921,000 in the U.S. and $969,000 in other markets.[1]
- Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- "My Wild Irish Rose" – via www.imdb.com.
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