My Wild Irish Rose

My Wild Irish Rose
Theatrical release poster and DVD Cover
Directed byDavid Butler
Screenplay byPeter Milne
Edwin Gilbert
Sidney Fields
Based on
Song in His Heart
1939 book
by Rita Olcott
Produced byWilliam Jacobs
StarringDennis Morgan
CinematographyArthur Edeson
William V. Skall
Edited byIrene Morra
Music byMax Steiner
Ray Heindorf
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

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. 1 2 3 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.

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