musical bios be all cut of the same cloth . hopeful struggle and succeed and finally win the girl and but this one a life of irish tenor and chauncey olcott or jack chancellor have more go for it than the usual trapping . it have great charm and great sincerity and be play beautifully by all concern . dennis morgan be fine in the lead a be arlene dahl a his love interest . andrea king support performance a lillian russell be far good than alice faye lead bio performance in the film dedicate to her career . william frawley be touch a the age tenor champion and william scanlon and and sara allgood be lovely a olcott mother . george tobias and ben blue and alan hale lend good support . there be over 25 song ( a true treasure chest ) represent come down my evening star while my nellie blue eye while you tell me your dream while wait till the sun shine and nellie while will you love me in december . while by the light of the silvery moon while minstrel day while polly wolly doodle while the natchez and the robert e. lee while miss lindy lou while if i be dream while wee rise of killarney while shake hand while one little girl while a little bit of heaven while mary while sweet innescarren while tiddely um while when irish eye be smile while mother machree while the kerey fair while room in my heart while my wild irish rise . although the film only earn one oscar nom for score and deservedly and it also deserve nod for art direction and costume design sumptuous and lovely in technicolor . reason why this be not on video may be due to the large chunk of time spend within the minstrel show atmosphere at least a quarter of the film with a great deal of material quite politically incorrect for today audience . it historically accurate and however . this be a true gem and very worth seek out . it leave one with a warm glow .