February 6th, 2007 not yet rated 2 hr 10 min plot summary. Preston sturges, american motionpicture director, screenwriter, and playwright best known for a series of hugely popular satirical comedies that he made in the early 1940s. Going my way is a 1944 musical film directed by leo mccarey, starring bing crosby bing is father chuck omalley, a cheerful young priest sent to turn around the fortunes of st. Father charles omalley bing crosby is an easy going, golfplaying young priest whose. After being appointed to a rundown new york parish, omalleys worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional parish priest. Father fitzgibbon, the cranky, setinhisways curate of st. Father chuck omalley, newly arrived at rundown, heavily in debt st. Leo mccarey great director profile senses of cinema. Going my way 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Clifton webb was nominated for the academy award for best supporting actor but lost to barry fitzgerald in going my way.
He then married kathryn grant on october 24, 1957 and they had three children. Going my way is a 1944 american musical comedydrama film directed by leo mccarey and starring bing crosby and barry fitzgerald. Leo mccareys sentimental 1944 film, going my way is a positive film that dealt with the problems of the inner city back when the term hadnt been coined. Dominics isnt doing that well, with the church well behind on its mortgage payments and the mortgage holder threatening foreclosure. The film delves into emotional issues impacting vets, but it strains to make stans pentagon functionary integral to the plot.
Saying i love this best picture oscar winner of the forties would be an understatement. Double indemnity finally made it to the screen in 1944, and the postman always rings twice followed with its own wellreceived film version in. Going my way, the movie musical for which bing crosby won an academy award as best actor, was released in may 1944. Bing crosby died from a heart attack after playing a round of golf in spain, on october 14, 1977 at the age of 74. His 1942 recording of white christmas has sold over 100,000,000 copies and is the bestselling single of all time. It is wwii and with france under nazi occupation, martinique is vichycontrolled. It stars humphrey bogart, walter brennan and lauren bacall. Going home is an unreleased 1944 private snafu short directed by chuck jones. Gene kelly biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie.
Find release information for going my way 1944 leo mccarey on allmovie. Looking over the siskel film center schedule recently, a littleknown film from 1944 called christmas holiday starring gene kelly caught my eye. He won the best actor in oscar for his performance as the easygoing priest in going my way 1944. The film was completed in 1941 but wasnt actually released widely until 1946, because of the motion picture production associations request that director howard hughes cut down the amount of. Even the nasty characters turn out to be nice deep down. The film costarred barry fitzgerald, frank mchugh, james brown, gene lockhart, jean heather, and porter hall. Unlike a lot of movies that are made today, going my way has clean language. Gehring, leo mccarey and the comic antihero in american film, arno, new york, 1980. But a special group of women pilots converged at avenger field in sweetwater, texas to learn to fly every type of aircraft in the army air forces inventory. Peter martin, going his way, saturday evening post, november 30, 1946.
Gene kelly plays way against type in the 1944 noir. Terror of the kempeitai in kanchanaburi wwii today. I remember a time it was showing it in the 70s on wkbd television, and somewhere near the middle of the cartoon i was lamenting the fact that it was going to end soon and i couldnt watch the beginning song. Bing crosby is married to dixi lee september 29, 1930 her death in november 1, 1952 and they had four children. In the sentimental way of priests, bing crosby as the younger father omalley and barry fitzgerald as the older father fitzgibbon get paired in a new. Hr news items in nov and dec 1948 indicate that this film was originally to be produced by aubrey schenck and william katzell for eaglelion films, and that production on the eaglelion film was set to begin in late oct 1948 at the united statesmexican border. It was introduced by bing crosby in the 1944 film going my way, winning an academy award for best original song that year, and has been recorded by numerous artists including the great dan mitchell since then. Marys are usually rejected outright by the intelligentsia as merely pious and sentimental, but their presentation of catholicism is neither simple, straightforward, nor uncritical, and it is easy to mistake for sentimentality, in contexts where you expect to find it anyway such as hollywood movies about. It was the first sequel to be nominated for an academy award for best picture. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. The screenplay by jay dratler, samuel hoffenstein and betty reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel laura by vera caspary. Jan 20, 2011 best picture going my way 1944 starring bing crosby. It is also the home parish of former california governor arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver. Maybe our book, top 50 movie starsstatistically speaking is your answer.
Parish life at saint dominics includes gossip, youth mischief, and a rather shady landlord, but new curate father charles chuck omalley bing crosby seems to land on his feet. The story of going my way is one of controversy and success. Video archive for the film going my way, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1944. Father charles omalley, a young priest at a financially failing church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior. Based on the 1944 film of the same name starring bing crosby, the series aired on abc with new episodes from october 3, 1962, to april 24, 1963.
The shamelessly sentimental yarnfrom mccareys own storycentres on father chuck omalley bing crosby, a priest whose unorthodox methods initially earn the ire of a superior barry fitzgerald. The film, directed by leo mccarey, won a total of seven academy awards including best picture for that year. Laura is a 1944 american film noir produced and directed by otto preminger. Bing crosby had enjoyed unprecedented success during the 1940s, with his output including six no. White christmas was written by irving berlin, who was jewish.
Bing crosby and barry fitzgerald are eminently likable, and film is pleasantly sentimental, but going my. He went from being one of hollywoods most indemand scenarists to its first prominent writerdirector. Part iii going my way goldfinger gone with the wind good will hunting goodfellas gosford park great debaters, the great. It took some doing to persuade the staunchly catholic bing crosby to play a happygolucky priest in going my way. During the normandy landings of dday during world war ii, a force of army rangers scaled the sheer cliffs of pointduhoc to the west of omaha beach and disabled the heavy german artillery there, making them the first american forces to accomplish their mission on dday in the lead up to dday, the allies were aware of a group of 155mm german cannon positioned on a promontory. The screenplay by jay dratler, samuel hoffenstein and betty reinhardt is based on the 1943 novel laura by. Find out when and where you can watch going my way on tv with the full listings schedule at.
All those guys had or would go on to win best picture except. Going my way is a pleasant and charming family film that has feelgood written all over it. The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, awardwinning going my way plus popular murder mysteries such as double indemnity, gaslight and laura. War is in the air and a reformed man becomes a priest. The program was kellys first and only attempt at a weekly television series. The national archives is restoring the color home movies made by hitlers girlfriend eva braun. The same usual plot with an unusual way of telling. He was well known in resistance circles as the brains behind the whole. Barry fitzgerald, for his performance in going my way. He was a director and writer, known for an affair to remember 1957, going my way 1944 and love affair 1939. Crosby was nominated for best actor for going my way in 1944, for the bells of st. In 1964, kelly returned to film, appearing with shirley maclaine in. Going home is part of the private snafu series of animated shorts produced by warner bros.
Of the 58 tracks, 37 are soundtrack excerpts, 20 are decca records studio takes, and one is a radio aircheck. In my opinion bing crosby was the best singing voice ever in films. On radio, his kraft music hall and philco radio time shows were very popular. Can you imagine this film, done this way, in this day and time, winning the number of oscars and enjoying the same public acclaim as this one did in 1944. And best characterization award also a story about love and separation. Jay dratler, samuel hoffenstein, and betty reinhardt were nominated for the academy award for best adapted screenplay but lost to frank butler and frank cavett for going my way. Nichols the motion picture industry and the war effort w. Rent going my way 1944 starring bing crosby and rise stevens on dvd and bluray.
Same day, motion picture herald, having completed its annual poll of exhibitors, revealed that the no. We have here a terrific article written by brendan mcnally about a documentary film currently in production. Hands down, were on our way to rio is my favorite popeye cartoon, period. Dominics, is none too pleased with omalleys breezy, modernistic methods. In 1945, crosby lost to ray milland for the lost weekend. His ship passes the statue of liberty to enter the new york harbor, then he makes his way to his hometown of podunk. The plot centers on the romance between a freelancing fisherman in. In this charming television series remake of the oscar winning 1944 film going my way starring bing crosby, dancer and actor gene kelly american in paris takes on crosbys role of father omalley, a catholic priest sent to st. In the case of going my way, its seven oscars stood in the way of some pretty terrific alternatives, such as wilders double indemnity, cukors gaslight, premingers laura, hitchcocks lifeboat, and minnellis meet me in st. Based on a story by leo mccarey, the film is about a new young priest taking over a parish from an established old veteran. Hitler home movies made by eva braun digitized by national. Going my way starring bing crosby, barry fitzgerald, frank mchugh, and james brown release date. This is a malec smut story all characters are by cassandra clare and the shadowhunters books film tv series.
Maybe even as a tv show especially with all the subplots that. Going my way 1944 plot summary 4 father charles omalley, a young priest at a financially failing church in a tough neighborhood, gains support and inspires his superior. This collection of three 78 rpm records was issued more than a year later. Going my way may be forgotten, but im definitely gonna be thinking about this film for years to come. Although the twentieth centuryfox produced scripts collection, located at the ucla artsspecial collections library, lists steve fisher as a collaborator on early drafts of ladislas fodors screenplay, the extent of fishers contribution to the completed film has not been determined. Going my way is really a love story in the purest sense between two irish catholic priests, one at the end of his calling, and one at the. Nov 08, 2010 going my way starring bing crosby, barry fitzgerald, frank mchugh, and james brown release date. Going my way trailer directed by leo mccarey and starring bing crosby, barry fitzgerald, frank mchugh, james brown, gene lockhart. Going my way was a smash hit of 1944 with many academy award nominations as war time audiences flocked to see it many timesshowing that during the stresses and conflicts of the war, it gave war time audiences some organization to put their faith in, embodying their religiouscultural views. Going my way, comedydrama with bing crosby and barry.
Sturges made his mark at a time when talk in large part had supplanted images as the driving. Dan mitchell guitar swinging on a star arranged by dan. World war ii required duty and sacrifice from many texans. Hitlers girlfriend filmed nazis relaxing and the fuhrer dancing. It isnt that i dont love other popeye cartoons in fact, this is the only color popeye in my top 10. Rent going my way 1944 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Marys, were huge successes as were the road films he made with bob hope. It stars gene tierney, dana andrews and clifton webb along with vincent price and judith anderson. Going my way is an american comedydrama series starring dancer and actor gene kelly. Almost everything about the picture exudes a sense of niceness. Going my way 1944 bing crosby reached the peak of his movie career with going my way 1944, which brought him a best actor academy award and made him hollywoods no. A guy named joe is a 1943 metrogoldwynmayer film which was directed by victor fleming. Before making any comments, i should probably define what i mean by way back which is. The screenplay, written by dalton trumbo and frederick hazlitt brennan, was adapted from a story by chandler sprague and david boehm, for which they were nominated for an academy award for best.
Bing crosbys electronic solo music recordings, from his 1930s cbs radio days to the end of his life, established crosby as the most recorded voice in. The emotions kick in when theyre supposed to and the happy moments made me happy. Preston sturges, original name edmond preston biden, born august 29, 1898, chicago, illinois, u. Veteran film music agent richard kraft remembers the man behind the way we were, the sting and a chorus line.
The 1944 film going my way starring bing crosby is coming to bluray disc in a 75th anniversary edition on september 24th via shout select. Going my way 1944 full movie download full hd youtube. Leo mccarey, comedy and a touch of cuckoo, extension, november 1944. His films, such as going my way and the bells of st. Made with good intentions and featuring honest performances from bing crosby and barry fitzgerald, going my way is sadly just too maudlin and much too long to be considered a good film. Download going my way 1944 subtitles from the source. The film was produced by everett riskin, and starred spencer tracy, irene dunne, and van johnson. With bing crosby, barry fitzgerald, frank mchugh, james brown. See the full list of going my way cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. A sprightly, entertaining, familyoriented holiday favorite and sentimental sequel to paramount pictures best picturewinning going my way 1944, and a major boxoffice hit it ended up being the most profitable picture in the history of rko studios. Made in 1944, the cartoon features the vocal talents of mel blanc and was directed by chuck jones.
Bing crosby, james brown, frank mchugh, gene lockhart, barry fitzgerald, rise stevens official content from universal studios home. Ironically, the role of father chuck omalley was one crosby initially resisted as a devout catholic who felt uneasy taking on the role of a priest. She was a hollywood siren at the tail end of a career that began with films like blonde fever 1944 and its a wonderful life 1946. With his shipmate eddie, he takes wealthy tourists on fishing cruises off the caribbean island of martinique. Going my way movie tv listings and schedule tv guide.
To have and have not 1944 synopsis harry morgan is the owner of a cabin boat called the queen conch. Going my way, comedydrama with bing crosby and barry fitzgerald, at paramount new film at palace. To have and have not is a 1944 american romancewaradventure film directed by howard hawks, loosely based on ernest hemingways 1937 novel of the same name. I could see this being done really well in the present. Hollywood movie classics to stream free business insider. Ken adams, a medic with the ramc who worked in the camp hospital, describes conditions at the end of 1944, when they knew from allied bombing raids that the war was going their way. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In this charming television series remake of the oscartm winning 1944 film going my way starring bing crosby, dancer and actor gene kelly american in paris takes on crosbys role of father omalley, a catholic priest sent to st. He also appeared frequently on television, starring in a series based on going my way. The series was cancelled after one season of 30 episodes. Originating from an old aristocratic prussian family, tresckow was an early antihitler plotter who never gave up trying to find a way to do away with hitler.
Private snafu returns from the global grind of world war ii to the united states home front, on leave from the military. Marys in 1945, and for the country girl in 1954, winning the oscar for his role in the first film. Jamie bell and peter turner revive hollywoods classic era. Aug 31, 2009 going my way trailer 1944 trailer for going my way. The memphis belle, directed by william wyler, is a tribute to the crew of the united states air forces 324th squadron, 91st heavy bomber unit, an airplane more familiarly known as the memphis. As it is here, in a selection that traces crosbys film career from 1940s road to singapore to 1946s road to utopia actually completed in 1944, but put on the shelf. Youthful father chuck omalley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the roman catholic clergy. Going my way 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The narrator explains that snafu, the towns returning hero, feels safe at.
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