This is a wonderful film and I have loved it since I recorded the soundtrack off TV all the way back in the late 1950s and played it to death for several years. No review of mine is necessary here as just about every one already shown pretty much raves about the film. My sole reason for writing here is to strongly correct an assertion made in one of the more recently-dated reviews, this by John Ryan, who states that Dennis Morgan did not sing in the film, but was dubbed by Dennis Day. That is patently untrue. Mr. Morgan does all his own singing, and his voice could hardly be more different from Dennis Day's if he were Mario Lanza! The mix-up may be due to the fact that Dennis Day did record a three-disc set for RCA Victor with songs from the movie, but his voice is not heard in it at all. For the record, much as I like Dennis Morgan in the film, Dennis Day had three times his voice and much better high notes. Morgan may be listed as a tenor, but he mostly sings in high baritone keys throughout. But his singing is still quite enjoyable. For the record, I have several acoustical recordings of Chauncey Olcott, and whatever his stage attributes may have been, he did not sing even as well as Dennis Morgan, let alone Dennis Day.
Review of My Wild Irish Rose
