The History of The Irish...Worldwide
Chauncey Olcott (July 21, 1858 – March 18, 1932)-Lyricist of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"
Born in Buffalo, New York, in the early years of his career Olcott sang in minstrel shows and Lillian Russell played a major role in helping make him a Broadway star. Amongst his songwriting accomplishments, Olcott wrote and composed the song "My Wild Irish Rose" for his production of A Romance of Athlone in 1899. Olcott also wrote the lyrics to "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" for his production of The Isle O' Dreams in 1912. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_Olcott
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Comment by Patrick J. O'Leary on May 24, 2013 at 12:14am
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Now we know some of the story. Good short writeup of very little know tidbit of info. Good Show !! >>
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Comment by Ryan O'Rourke on May 24, 2013 at 9:20am
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I watched the film about him, My Wild Irish Rose, a couple years ago -- interesting story. Thanks for the photo!
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Comment by Bit Devine on May 24, 2013 at 1:10pm
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What an amazing photo...I wonder what the story is behind the photo?...
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Founding Member Comment by Nollaig 2016 on March 17, 2014 at 11:33pm -
Happy Birthday Chauncey
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I do recall watching Dennis Morgan in a movie and the song being sung was ' When Irish Eyes are Smiling', but the sung got cut short - problems in the projector room in the old post-WW2 moviehouse. Never did see the end
of the movie. But, of course, Harry Lillis Crosby came thru with his version, as did many others. >>
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