list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Going My Way on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Going_My_Way/13649/default.aspx Title: Going My Way
Year: 1944
Director: Leo McCarey
Plot: It took some doing to persuade the staunchly Catholic Bing Crosby to play a happy-go-lucky priest in Going My Way; luckily he acquiesced, winning an Academy Award in the process. Crosby is cast as Father Chuck O'Malley, newly arrived at rundown, heavily in debt St. Dominic's Church. Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the cranky, set-in-his-ways curate of St. Dominic's, is none too pleased with O'Malley's breezy, "modernistic" methods. Fitzgibbon is content to adhere to the policies he has followed for nearly 45 years. Without overtly challenging Fitzgibbon's authority (he likes the old buzzard, and the feeling is mutual), O'Malley sets about to win the confidence of the local street toughs, organizing the boys into an angelic church choir. He also forestalls the plans of St. Dominic's mortgage holder Ted Haines (Gene Lockhart) to evict Fitzgibbons by arranging a fundraising choir tour, to be headlined by O'Malley's childhood friend, opera star Genevieve Linden (Rise Stevens). When he's not coming to the rescue of St. Dominic's, O'Malley is smoothing the path of romance for Haines' son (James Brown) and orphaned Carol James (Jean Heather), and arranging for a reunion between Fitzgibbons and his nonagenarian Irish mother. There is sentiment by the bucketful in Going My Way, but director Leo McCarey sagaciously tempers the treacle with moments of genuine hilarity and several delightful (and seemingly spontaneous) musical interludes. In addition to Crosby, Oscars went to Barry Fitzgerald, Leo McCarey, screenwriters Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, and Burke and Van Heusen's song hit "Swingin' On a Star." Bing Crosby repeated his father O'Malley characterization in McCarey's 1945 sequel The Bells of St. Mary's. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:09:35 GMTGoing My Way1944Leo McCareyIt took some doing to persuade the staunchly Catholic Bing Crosby to play a happy-go-lucky priest in Going My Way; luckily he acquiesced, winning an Academy Award in the process. Crosby is cast as Father Chuck O'Malley, newly arrived at rundown, heavily in debt St. Dominic's Church. Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the cranky, set-in-his-ways curate of St. Dominic's, is none too pleased with O'Malley's breezy, "modernistic" methods. Fitzgibbon is content to adhere to the policies he has followed for nearly 45 years. Without overtly challenging Fitzgibbon's authority (he likes the old buzzard, and the feeling is mutual), O'Malley sets about to win the confidence of the local street toughs, organizing the boys into an angelic church choir. He also forestalls the plans of St. Dominic's mortgage holder Ted Haines (Gene Lockhart) to evict Fitzgibbons by arranging a fundraising choir tour, to be headlined by O'Malley's childhood friend, opera star Genevieve Linden (Rise Stevens). When he's not coming to the rescue of St. Dominic's, O'Malley is smoothing the path of romance for Haines' son (James Brown) and orphaned Carol James (Jean Heather), and arranging for a reunion between Fitzgibbons and his nonagenarian Irish mother. There is sentiment by the bucketful in Going My Way, but director Leo McCarey sagaciously tempers the treacle with moments of genuine hilarity and several delightful (and seemingly spontaneous) musical interludes. In addition to Crosby, Oscars went to Barry Fitzgerald, Leo McCarey, screenwriters Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, and Burke and Van Heusen's song hit "Swingin' On a Star." Bing Crosby repeated his father O'Malley characterization in McCarey's 1945 sequel The Bells of St. Mary's. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide5Slightly Tagged (1-5)8123http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u32671oc39d.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Going_My_Way/13649/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/cinemarian/archive/2008/5/13/28907.aspx Post By: CinemaRian
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Body: When Going My Way is mentioned by film historians (if it's mentioned at all) it is seen as a fufilling a certain need at a certain time. The general theory is that during the heights of World War II, seeing a pleasant, low-key movie was important to homefront audinences at a time when being pleasant and low-key was a luxury that no one could afford in their real lives. And that's the only way I can figure out why this enjoyable but leightweight movie was such a monster sucess. Not only was it the highest grossing film of the year, it also won the Oscar for the Best Picture of 1944, along with Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Song. Did it deserve and of these? Maybe in 1944. The movie is a series of episodes around the character of Father Charles "Chuck" O'Malley (Bing Crosby), an easy going (like almost everyone in this movie) priest who has just been assigned to save St. Dominic's, a troubled parish in New York City. There are lots of problems- the church owes a lot of money to a mean banker who owns the morgage (Gene Lockhart), Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the parish priest, is getting old and ineffective, and there is some low-grade juvinelle deliquency in the neighborhood. Father O'Malley wastes no time in getting down to the nitty-gritty- he solves the deliquency problem right by getting all the neighboorhood kids to sing in his choir (why didn't anyone else think of that?). He tires to solve the money problem by writing a hit song, but no one will publish it, until one day by coincidence he meets his old girlfriend (Rise Stevens) who just happens to be a star at the Metropolitan Opera. You don't think there is a chance that she could...no, I wouldn't want to give that incredibly surprising plot twist away! I know, I know, this movie sounds like garbage, and it's impossible for me to write about it without coming off like even more of a smarta** as usual, but the movie is too laidback to be over-the-top. None of this stuff as hammered in to the audince, and the film is very, very hard not to like. And lest you think that this is my pro-Catholic bais coming out, the film is more about the experince of being in a religious community than any set of actual beleifs. From a theological standpoint, the movie might as well be about Rabbi Rabinowitz, because there almost zero theology. Surprisingly, given the subject matter and the Jello-like softness of the plot, the film is not preachy. I enjoyed watching it, although the songs (aside from the Oscar-winning tune, "Swing On a Star"), are boring and a waste of time. That's not to say that this is anything close to being required veiwing for anyone but the staunchiest Bing Crosby maniac (are there any left alive?). The movie is kind of like a visit to your elderly great aunt Tilda by marrige- you're never really bored, but there are a lot more exciting ways to spend an afternoon (and unlike Tilda, the movie isn't glad you watched it). But it's better than no other film I've seen to watch at one o'clock in the morning when you can't sleep. That might sound like faint praise, but hey, distinctivenss counts for something. Going My Way (1944)
]]>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:14:31 GMTCinemaRianCinemaRian Blog5/13/2008 5:14:31 AMWhen Going My Way is mentioned by film historians (if it's mentioned at all) it is seen as a fufilling a certain need at a certain time. The general theory is that during the heights of World War II, seeing a pleasant, low-key movie was important to homefront audinences at a time when being pleasant and low-key was a luxury that no one could afford in their real lives. And that's the only way I can figure out why this enjoyable but leightweight movie was such a monster sucess. Not only was it the highest grossing film of the year, it also won the Oscar for the Best Picture of 1944, along with Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Song. Did it deserve and of these? Maybe in 1944. The movie is a series of episodes around the character of Father Charles "Chuck" O'Malley (Bing Crosby), an easy going (like almost everyone in this movie) priest who has just been assigned to save St. Dominic's, a troubled parish in New York City. There are lots of problems- the church owes a lot of money to a mean banker who owns the morgage (Gene Lockhart), Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the parish priest, is getting old and ineffective, and there is some low-grade juvinelle deliquency in the neighborhood. Father O'Malley wastes no time in getting down to the nitty-gritty- he solves the deliquency problem right by getting all the neighboorhood kids to sing in his choir (why didn't anyone else think of that?). He tires to solve the money problem by writing a hit song, but no one will publish it, until one day by coincidence he meets his old girlfriend (Rise Stevens) who just happens to be a star at the Metropolitan Opera. You don't think there is a chance that she could...no, I wouldn't want to give that incredibly surprising plot twist away! I know, I know, this movie sounds like garbage, and it's impossible for me to write about it without coming off like even more of a smarta** as usual, but the movie is too laidback to be over-the-top. None of this stuff as hammered in to the audince, and the film is very, very hard not to like. And lest you think that this is my pro-Catholic bais coming out, the film is more about the experince of being in a religious community than any set of actual beleifs. From a theological standpoint, the movie might as well be about Rabbi Rabinowitz, because there almost zero theology. Surprisingly, given the subject matter and the Jello-like softness of the plot, the film is not preachy. I enjoyed watching it, although the songs (aside from the Oscar-winning tune, "Swing On a Star"), are boring and a waste of time. That's not to say that this is anything close to being required veiwing for anyone but the staunchiest Bing Crosby maniac (are there any left alive?). The movie is kind of like a visit to your elderly great aunt Tilda by marrige- you're never really bored, but there are a lot more exciting ways to spend an afternoon (and unlike Tilda, the movie isn't glad you watched it). But it's better than no other film I've seen to watch at one o'clock in the morning when you can't sleep. That might sound like faint praise, but hey, distinctivenss counts for something. Going My Way (1944) http://www.spout.com/groups/Double_Feature/Re_Unlikely_Double_Features/426/17526/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: joem18b
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Body: [quote user="porcupine"] here's an example of a double feature that i think would bring out aspects of each film that wouldn't surface otherwise:Predator and Kindergarten Cop [/quote]Porcupine, if you put up a pair like that, you need to splain it. My first guess is that you had to help out in a kindergarten class one time and it totally freaked you out? (But no. If you were comparing kindergarten children to predators, like I hoped, you would have put the movies in the opposite order. So I guess this is like Fistful of Dollars and Bronco Billy or Terminator and Junior.)In which case I offer Going My Way and Bad Education.Perspectives on war:Letters from Iwo Jima and We Were SoldiersPaths of Glory and JarheadTimes change:Max and Der Untergang (Downfall)Pan's Labyrinth and L'Auberge Espagnole
]]>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:08:34 GMTjoem18bDouble Feature8/7/2007 2:08:34 PM[quote user="porcupine"] here's an example of a double feature that i think would bring out aspects of each film that wouldn't surface otherwise:Predator and Kindergarten Cop [/quote]Porcupine, if you put up a pair like that, you need to splain it. My first guess is that you had to help out in a kindergarten class one time and it totally freaked you out? (But no. If you were comparing kindergarten children to predators, like I hoped, you would have put the movies in the opposite order. So I guess this is like Fistful of Dollars and Bronco Billy or Terminator and Junior.)In which case I offer Going My Way and Bad Education.Perspectives on war:Letters from Iwo Jima and We Were SoldiersPaths of Glory and JarheadTimes change:Max and Der Untergang (Downfall)Pan's Labyrinth and L'Auberge Espagnole http://www.spout.com/blogs/foodies_-52/archive/2006/3/23/579.aspx Post By: chopstix
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Post Date: 3/23/2006 12:14:38 PM
Body: this one should be fairly easy to find. i own 2 copies of it (one was a gift from the 'rents). i think i found my copy at Target or Best Buy. it is part of a double feature with 'Holiday Inn' with bing and fred astaire (this film was the song debut for 'white christmas). i think i've seen it at another big-box store's movie area as well. if any of you want my vhs copy it's yours. let me know.
]]>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:14:38 GMTchopstixFoodies & 3/23/2006 12:14:38 PMthis one should be fairly easy to find. i own 2 copies of it (one was a gift from the 'rents). i think i found my copy at Target or Best Buy. it is part of a double feature with 'Holiday Inn' with bing and fred astaire (this film was the song debut for 'white christmas). i think i've seen it at another big-box store's movie area as well. if any of you want my vhs copy it's yours. let me know. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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