Going My Way (1944) on Netflix
Passed19442h 6mComedyDramaMusic
Father Chuck O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's in New York City, where aging Father Fitzgibbon has run the parish for decades. Fitzgibbon dislikes the younger priest's golf and casual ways.
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Plot summary
Father Fitzgibbon has been the pastor of St. Dominic's, a New York City parish, for forty five years, and the diocese believes his traditional approach cannot solve its financial and social problems. The bishop appoints Father Chuck O'Malley, a younger priest from East St. Louis, to assist him, but O'Malley has in fact been sent to take charge of the parish's affairs, a fact he keeps from Fitzgibbon so the older man can keep his dignity. The two men clash over O'Malley's informal manner and his friendship with Father Timothy O'Dowd. They also disagree about a gang of boys led by Tony Scaponi. Ted Haines Sr., representing the Knickerbocker Savings and Loan, is considering foreclosing on the church's unpaid mortgage.
Cast
- Arnet Amosas Singer (uncredited)
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- Bobby Dolan Jr.as Joseph (uncredited)
- The Robert Mitchell Boy Choiras Choir (as Robert Mitchell Boychoir)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Going My Way (1944)
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- The film received ten nominations at the Oscars and won seven in March 1945, with Barry Fitzgerald nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for the same performance; he won Supporting Actor, and the rules were subsequently changed to prevent a recurrence.
- Going My Way's record of six above-the-line Oscar wins stood until Everything Everywhere All At Once matched it in 2022.
- Risë Stevens, whose character is seen performing the lead in a Metropolitan Opera production of Carmen, was an actual Met performer when the film was made, and a few years later her Carmen in the famous Tyrone Guthrie production of 1951 made her the leading Carmen of her generation.
- "Swinging on a Star" topped the Billboard charts for nine weeks in a 28-week stay, while "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)" was in the charts for twelve weeks with a peak position of #4.
- The film inspired an hour-long comedy drama of the same name during the 1962-63 television season, starring Gene Kelly in the role of Father O'Malley; the series ran on ABC for one season of 30 episodes.
- Its success helped make movie exhibitors choose Crosby as the biggest box-office draw of the year, a record he would hold for the remainder of the 1940s.
- After World War II, Crosby and McCarey presented a copy of Going My Way to Pope Pius XII at the Vatican.
