Going My Way

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Bing Crosby, in casual clothes, stands beside Barry Fitzgerald, dressed as a priest, in a garden scene from the 1944 film Going My Way.

Going My Way

film by McCarey [1944]

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- Leo McCarey
  Middle years
  …first film for the studio, Going My Way (1944), was a success. The shamelessly sentimental yarn—from McCarey’s own story—centres on Father Chuck O’Malley (Bing Crosby), a priest whose unorthodox methods initially earn the ire of a superior (Barry Fitzgerald). Going My Way was the biggest hit of 1944, and it…
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  …first film for the studio, Going My Way (1944), was a success. The shamelessly sentimental yarn—from McCarey’s own story—centres on Father Chuck O’Malley (Bing Crosby), a priest whose unorthodox methods initially earn the ire of a superior (Barry Fitzgerald). Going My Way was the biggest hit of 1944, and it…
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- Bing Crosby
  Career in Hollywood: From Holiday Inn to Bob Hope comedies
  …Father O’Malley in the film Going My Way (1944). He reprised the role in The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), for which he received another Oscar nomination.
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  …Father O’Malley in the film Going My Way (1944). He reprised the role in The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945), for which he received another Oscar nomination.
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