Going My Way (1944): 17th Winner for Best Picture

Date viewed: 23 February 2013

Going My Way (1944)

This black and white film was quite a sweet and poignant film among the war films from previous years.

Bing Crosby plays a priest (Father Chuck O'Malley) who decides to get a gang of kids to form a choir. This isn't Father O'Malley's only challenge, he also has a church building to rebuild among other encounters in his duties.

It's quite a feel-good, cosy film.

Why did it win Best Picture? I think it was a sweet film that gave hope to a 'broken town' and during a time of war, this is probably what the people needed to watch and be reminded of. Other than a sweet story, I wouldn't be sure of any other reason for it to win.