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My Wild Irish Rose

Sheet Music
ca.1922 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The American actress Pauline Starke (1901-1977) depicted on this music sheet cover made her debut in 1916 as a dancer in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance and became a prominent silent film actress during the 1920s and early 1930s.

The melodramatic play The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault on which the film My Wild Irish Rose was based was a great success after its initial production at Wallack's Theatre, New York in 1874.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMy Wild Irish Rose (published title)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph, intermediate pages composed of printed text
Brief description
Music sheet for the waltz ballad My Wild Irish Rose words and music by Chauncey Olcott, 'introduced' in the motion picture My Wild Irish Rose, featuring Pauline Starke. Feldman's 6d Edition, published by Bert Feldman & Co., ca.1922.
Physical description
Music sheet for My Wild Irish Rose words and music by Chauncey Olcott with a photograph of the silent film actress Pauline Starke.
Dimensions
  • Front cover height: 36cm (approx)
  • Front cover width: 26cm (approx)
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Given by Mr R.S. Arnold
Subject depicted
Association
Summary
The American actress Pauline Starke (1901-1977) depicted on this music sheet cover made her debut in 1916 as a dancer in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance and became a prominent silent film actress during the 1920s and early 1930s.

The melodramatic play The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault on which the film My Wild Irish Rose was based was a great success after its initial production at Wallack's Theatre, New York in 1874.
Collection
Accession number
S.1094-2014

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Record createdMay 7, 2014
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