Going My Way

Going My Way is a 1944 musical comedy-drama movie. The movie is about a priest from East St. Louis, Illinois who changes parish life at a New York City church. Bing Crosby plays Father Charles.

The movie won seven Academy Awards, including the Best Picture.

Academy Awards
At the 17th Academy Awards, Going My Way was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. They included two for Barry Fitzgerald for his work on the movie was nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Later, the rules were changed so that it will not happen again. The film won seven awards, including the Best Picture.
 Award  Result  Winner Best Picture    Paramount Pictures (Leo McCarey, producer) Best Director    Leo McCarey Best Actor    Bing Crosby Best Actor     Barry Fitzgerald Best Supporting Actor    Barry Fitzgerald Best Writing, Screenplay    Frank Butler and Frank Cavett Best Original Motion Picture Story    Leo McCarey Best Music, Song    "Swinging on a Star"Music: Jimmy Van Heusen • Lyrics:Johnny Burke Best Cinematography, Black-and-White    Lionel Lindon Winner was Joseph LaShelle – Laura Best Film Editing    Leroy Stone Winner was Barbara McLean – Wilson

In 2004, Going My Way was chosen for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

References

Category:American musical movies
Category:American comedy-drama movies
Category:1944 musical movies
Category:1944 comedy movies
Category:1944 drama movies
Category:Best Picture Oscar
Category:Movies that won the Best Original Song Academy Award
Category:United States National Film Registry movies
Category:Movies directed by Leo McCarey
Category:Paramount Pictures movies