Olcott's life story was told in the 1947 Warner Bros. motion picture My Wild Irish Rose starring Dennis Morgan as Olcott.
The film's plot was based on the biography by Olcott's widow, Rita Olcott, Song in His Heart (1939).

In 1970, Olcott was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Olcott's life story was told in the 1947 Warner Bros. motion picture My Wild Irish Rose starring Dennis Morgan as Olcott. The film's plot was based on the biography by Olcott's widow, Rita Olcott, Song in His Heart (1939).
In 1970, Olcott was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Chauncey Olcott