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Auction History Result 2g059 GOING MY WAY style B 1/2sh '44 Bing Crosby, Rise Stevens & Fitzgerald in Leo McCarey classic! Date Sold 9/5/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Style B Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (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. Important Added Info: Paramount made two different half-sheets for this movie (a style A and a style B). Both are incredibly rare! We have only auctioned the other style once before, and we have NEVER auctioned this style B half-sheet before! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good. The poster was never folded. It has many faint smudges scattered throughout the poster (they are most noticeable in the white background areas). There are two long faint horizontal scuffs in the upper center of the poster and a few others scattered in the image. There is a 2" tear in the upper left border that was repaired with tape from the back, and many smudges and some small tears around the edges of the poster. In spite of the defects described above, the poster could still be displayed as it is, because they are not terribly distracting, and certainly, restoration can be performed, but please read our description above and look at our super-sized image before placing a bid on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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