Going My Way

Going My Way

Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
, Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald
, Rise Stevens
Rise Stevens
, Jean Heather
Jean Heather
Leo McCarey
Going My Way

Going My Way

Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
, Barry Fitzgerald
Barry Fitzgerald
, Rise Stevens
Rise Stevens
, Jean Heather
Jean Heather
Leo McCarey

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Overview

It took some doing to persuade the staunchly Catholic Bing Crosby to play a happy-go-lucky priest in Going My Way; luckily he acquiesced, winning an Academy Award in the process. Crosby is cast as Father Chuck O'Malley, newly arrived at rundown, heavily in debt St. Dominic's Church. Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the cranky, set-in-his-ways curate of St. Dominic's, is none too pleased with O'Malley's breezy, "modernistic" methods. Fitzgibbon is content to adhere to the policies he has followed for nearly 45 years. Without overtly challenging Fitzgibbon's authority (he likes the old buzzard, and the feeling is mutual), O'Malley sets about to win the confidence of the local street toughs, organizing the boys into an angelic church choir. He also forestalls the plans of St. Dominic's mortgage holder Ted Haines (Gene Lockhart) to evict Fitzgibbons by arranging a fundraising choir tour, to be headlined by O'Malley's childhood friend, opera star Genevieve Linden (Rise Stevens). When he's not coming to the rescue of St. Dominic's, O'Malley is smoothing the path of romance for Haines' son (James Brown) and orphaned Carol James (Jean Heather), and arranging for a reunion between Fitzgibbons and his nonagenarian Irish mother. There is sentiment by the bucketful in Going My Way, but director Leo McCarey sagaciously tempers the treacle with moments of genuine hilarity and several delightful (and seemingly spontaneous) musical interludes. In addition to Crosby, Oscars went to Barry Fitzgerald, Leo McCarey, screenwriters Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, and Burke and Van Heusen's song hit "Swingin' On a Star." Bing Crosby repeated his father O'Malley characterization in McCarey's 1945 sequel The Bells of St. Mary's.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/06/2007
UPC: 0025193236920
Original Release: 1944
Rating: NR
Source: STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 2:06:00
Sales rank: 14,672

Special Features

Exclusive introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Bing Crosby Father O'Malley
Barry Fitzgerald Father Fitzgibbon
Rise Stevens Jenny
Jean Heather Carol
Frank McHugh O'Dowd
Gene Lockhart Haines
Stanley Clements Tony
Carl Switzer Herman
William Frawley Max
Eily Malyon Mrs. Carmody
Porter Hall Belknap
Fortunio Bonanova Tomasso
George Nokes Pee Wee
Tom Dillon McCarthy
Hugh Maguire Pitch Pipe
Sybil Lewis Maid at Metropolitan Opera House
George McKay Mr. Van Heusen
Jack Norton Mr. Lilley
Anita Sharp Bolster Mrs. Quimp
Jimmie Dundee Fireman
Adeline De Walt Reynolds Mother Fitzgibbon
Gibson Gowland Churchgoer
Julie Gibson Taxi Driver
William Henry Intern
Robert Tafur Don Jose
Martin Garralaga Zuniga
Anita Bolster Mrs. Quimp
Thomas P. Dillon Officer McCarthy
James Brown Actor
Robert Dolan Composer
Jimmy Van Heusen Composer

Technical Credits
Leo McCarey Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Frank Butler Screenwriter
Frank Cavett Screenwriter
Gordon Jennings Special Effects
Buddy DeSylva Executive Producer
Frank Corvett Screenwriter
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