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Auction History Result k328 GOING MY WAY linen one-sheet movie poster '44 Bing Crosby, Fitzgerald Date Sold 10/4/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (27" x 41") (Learn More) Going My Way, the classic 1944 Leo McCarey (winner of the Best Director Academy Award for this film) Catholic Church musical religious comedy (winner of the Best Picture Academy Award; about a brash young priest who is sent to a parish run by a gruff old priest, and he is supposed to replace him, but instead stays and solves all of the parish's problems while acting as the old priest's subordinate; the movie has one of the handful of greatest movie endings of all time!) starring Bing Crosby (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; as Father O'Malley), Barry Fitzgerald (winner of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film; the only person to ever be nominated for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor Academy Awards for the same performance; as Father Fitzgibbon), Frank McHugh, James Brown, Jean Heather, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Fortunio Bonanova, Rise Stevens ("Famous Contralto of Metropolitan Opera Association"; note that her name is written with an umlaut over the "e" in her first name; her father was Norwegian, and her name is properly pronounced "REE-za", but most people have long forgotten that and pronounce it is as "rise" as in "sunrise"!), Stanley Clements, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, and Adeline De Walt Reynolds (she didn't say a word in the movie, and is uncredited, but she plays Father Fitzgibbon's mother, and she is in one of the most memorable Hollywood endings of all time!; interestingly, she did not begin her acting career until 1940, when she was 78 years old, and continued acting for 20 years, last performing in 1960, when she was 98 years old!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. This poster was linenbacked, and one of the following is true: either the poster had very minor defects, and was well backed, OR it had more significant defects, but they were extremely well restored, OR it had some minor defects that were not completely restored, and are somewhat noticeable. You can tell which of the above is the case for this particular poster by reading our "pre-restoration" description and also by looking at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). The poster had small paper loss at the crossfolds and tiny tears and small paper loss in the vertical foldline between the top and bottom crossfolds. There were tears and smudges in the borders, and some smudges in the solid white background areas. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Note that the restorer chose to paint over a fair amount of the borders to "even them out", but they did not touch the small writing at the bottom of the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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