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2 October 1944 (Brazil) moreTagline:
Sing, Bing . . . . You're A Grand, Gay Guy In Your Greatest Picture ! morePlot:
A new priest shows up at the parish of a crusty old priest named Father Fitzgibbon. The new man, Father O'Malley... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won 7 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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They Never Won an Academy Award (From Get The Big Picture. 19 February 2009, 5:55 PM, PST)
Van Johnson: 1916 - 2008
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When Priests Were The Good Guys moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Bing Crosby | ... | Father Chuck O'Malley | |
| Barry Fitzgerald | ... | Father Fitzgibbon | |
| Frank McHugh | ... | Father Timothy O'Dowd | |
| James Brown | ... | Ted Haines Jr. | |
| Gene Lockhart | ... | Ted Haines Sr. | |
| Jean Heather | ... | Carol James | |
| Porter Hall | ... | Mr. Belknap | |
| Fortunio Bonanova | ... | Tomaso Bozanni | |
| Eily Malyon | ... | Mrs. Carmody | |
| The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir | ... | Choir | |
| Risë Stevens | ... | Genevieve Linden |
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130 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Filming Locations:
Lakeside Country Club - 4500 W. Lakeside Drive, Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Father O'Malley is talking to Jenny while she is getting ready to perform, the conductor can be seen taking out his cigarette case and opening it twice, in two adjacent shots. moreQuotes:
Father Chuck O'Malley: Hail, Alma Mater, thy time-honored halls shall echo with our praise till we die; and round our hearts are the ivy-covered walls of East St. Louis High. moreSoundtrack:
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It's always been strange for a movie buff like me to see how things change over the decades. In the 1940s and 1950s, Catholic priests were the good guys and likable actors like Pat O'Brien, Spencer Tracy and even Bing Crosby made them even more attractive. Since the '60s, Hollywood went in the opposite direction and made them villains more than anything else.
Frankly, I never found a nun who looked like Ingrid Bergman or Audrey Hepburn, or a priest who could sing like Bing Crosby, but, what the hell, er heck....better to see a positive cleric image than a negative, I believe.
The first hour of this movie was very good and the film might have wound up a favorite of mine but the second half petered out quickly and never regained steam, except for a nice ending. The films bogs down with a romance that has nothing to do with the story. The music also lost its appeal to me when Crosby's fine voice was finished for the film, replaced by the operatic high notes of Rise Stevens.
Overall, the film has a number of nice, touching moments and Crosby is very likable but the story goes on too long and is not one I would watch a second time.