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Auction History Result #4413 GOING MY WAY LC '44 Bing Crosby Date Sold 4/8/2003Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (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. Condition: very good to fine. very minor scuffs in the lower right corner of the image background; pairs of staple holes in the upper right corner of the card; minor scuffs, smudges, and creases around the edges of the card; 1/2" tear in the lower right blank border Learn More about condition grades 
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