| Going My Way | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Theatrical release poster (with executive producer B. G. DeSylva given prominent credit) | |
| Directed by | Leo McCarey |
| Screenplay by | |
| Story by | Leo McCarey |
| Produced by | Leo McCarey |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
| Music by | Robert Emmett Dolan |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $6.5 million (US/Canada rentals)[1] |
Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest taking over a parish from an established old veteran. Crosby sings five songs[2] with other songs performed onscreen by Metropolitan Opera's star mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens and the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir. Going My Way was the highest-grossing picture of 1944, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture.[3] Its success helped to make movie exhibitors choose Crosby as the biggest box-office draw of the year,[4][5] a record he would hold for the remainder of the 1940s. After World War II, Crosby and McCarey presented a copy of the film to Pope Pius XII at the Vatican. Going My Way was followed the next year by a sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's.
- ^ ""All-Time Top-Grossers", Variety 18 January 1950 p 18". 1950.
- ^ Going My Way
- ^ "Awards for Going My Way". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ "Bing Crosby Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN 978-1-55935-147-8. OCLC 31611854. Tape 1, side B.