Going My Way

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Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Risë Stevens in Going My Way (1944)

When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.

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Quand le jeune père O'Malley arrive à St. Dominic's, le vieux père Fitzgibbon ne pense pas beaucoup au nouveau membre de l'église.Quand le jeune père O'Malley arrive à St. Dominic's, le vieux père Fitzgibbon ne pense pas beaucoup au nouveau membre de l'église.Quand le jeune père O'Malley arrive à St. Dominic's, le vieux père Fitzgibbon ne pense pas beaucoup au nouveau membre de l'église.

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A remporté 7 oscars
- 22 victoires et 5 nominations au total

Choir
(as Robert Mitchell Boychoir)

Risë Stevens

Genevieve Linden

Arnet Amos

Singer
(uncredited)

Stanley Clements

Tony Scaponi
(uncredited)

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon
(uncredited)

Tom Dillon

Police Officer Pat McCarthy
(uncredited)

Bobby Dolan Jr.

Joseph
(uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

Fireman
(uncredited)

Virginia Farmer

Parishioner
(uncredited)

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Anecdotes
Barry Fitzgerald was nominated by the Academy for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards for the same performance, for the same film, the only time this has happened. (Al Pacino received a Best Supporting Actor nomination and a Best Actor nomination for his role as Michael Corleone, but his nominations were for the first and second Godfather films, respectively.). Fitzgerald won the Oscar in the supporting category but lost in the lead category to co-star Bing Crosby. (This is no longer possible under Academy guidelines.) Due to wartime metal shortages, Fitzgerald received a plaster Oscar (instead of a gold-plated britannium one) for his performance. Embarrassingly, a few weeks after he won, he broke the head off his plaster Oscar while practicing his golf swing. A funny photo exists of a befuddled Fitzgerald holding the evidence

Gaffes
When Father O'Malley is talking to Jenny while she is getting ready to perform, the conductor can be seen taking out his cigarette case and opening it twice, in two adjacent shots.

Citations
Father Fitzgibbons: A golf course is nothing but a poolroom moved outdoors..

Autres versions
Since Paramount could not get the European copyright clearance for Bizet's "Carmen," an additional sequence was shot from Smetana's "The Bartered Bride" which replaced Carmen for foreign prints.

Connexions
Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The One and Only Bing (1963)

Bandes originales
Going My Way
(1944)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Sung by Risë Stevens with The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir

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10/10

A warm and delightfully funny must-see!

Bing Crosby plays a young priest with progressive methods who is assigned to a dwindling parish. He finds himself faced with many wonderful characters, especially the grumpy old Irish master of the church (Barry Fitzgerald) who doesn't see "eye to eye" with the new guy. The interplay between Crosby and Fitzgerald is delightfully funny.

This best picture winner of 1944 at the Oscars is one of the all-time greatest movies. Crosby was as warm and benevolent an actor as he was a singer as his performance in "Going My Way" proves.

The film shows eventually that it is necessary in life to learn to accept everyone around you, regardless of faults and flaws of character, and to help your fellow people find their strengths and develop them in order to serve humanity. But, believe me, this film is anything but pedantic; issues such as these do not drive the film but arise from situations (often light-hearted) that arise naturally in the story.

An example of this is that there were some "juvenille delinquents" that the Crosby character rounded up, not to pass judgement or scorn but to organise them into doing something constructive that made them enjoy life and give up theft as a means of dealing with boredom - he turned them into a choir. Sounds a bit like "Sister Act"? I'm sure "Going My Way" had some influence on this more recent effort, but it is much superior in many ways. It reminded me also of Michael Landon's "Highway to Heaven" series (without the supernatural components).

If you are looking for an old classic with lots of spirit and warmth (such as around Christmas time) for your whole family to gather around and watch by the fire, I recommend "Going My Way". It is a must-see. (10 out of 10).