My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
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The Warner Bros. musical My Wild Irish Rose purports to tell the life story of popular 19th century balladeer Chauncey Olcott-or at least, the version set down by Olcott's daughter Rita. Starting his career in minstrel shows, Olcott (Dennis Morgan) is given his first break by stage luminary Lillian Russell (Andrea King), who casts him as her Broadway leading man. Though their relationship is platonic so far as Russell is concerned, the newspapers have a field day concocting an imaginary romance,
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Cast
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Sara Allgood
Mrs. Brennan -
Ben Blue
Hopper -
George Cleveland
Capt. Brennan -
Arlene Dahl
Rose Donovan -
Ruby Dandridge
Della -
William Frawley
William Scanlan -
Alan Hale
John Donovan -
Charles Irwin
Toots -
Andrea King
Lillian Russell -
Charles Marsh
Stone -
Don McGuire
Terry O'Rourke -
Dennis Morgan
Chauncey Olcott -
George O'Brien
William (Duke) Muldoon -
Oscar O'Shea
Pat Daly -
Paul Stanton
Augustus Piton -
Grady Sutton
Brown -
George Tobias
Nick Popolis -
Douglas Wood
Rawson -
Rodney Bell
Pat -
Monte Blue
Bartender -
Edward Clark
Justice of the Peace -
Gino Corrado
Maitre 'D -
William B. Davidson
Brewster -
Penny Edwards
Singer -
Ross Ford
Office Boy -
William Gould
Mr. O'Rourke -
Billy M. Greene
Riverboat Captain -
Winifred Harris
Stage Mother -
Brandon Hurst
Michael the Gardener -
Eddie Kane
Joe Webb -
Peggy Knudsen
Eileen the leading lady -
Robert Lowell
Tenor -
Philo McCullough
Theater Manager -
Forbes Murray
Stage Father -
Eddie Parker
Bruiser -
Tom Stevenson
Lee -
Andrew Tombes
Herman -
Emmett Vogan
Doctor -
Clifton Young
Joe Brennan -
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A second rate biopic of the musician Chauncey Olcott who wrote the famous song
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