Going My Way Page #2

Synopsis: Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy, but his level gaze and twinkling eyes make it clear that he knows he made the right choice. After joining a parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of kids looking for direction and handle the business details of the church-building fund, winning over his aging, conventional superior, Father Fitzgibbon.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Director(s): Leo McCarey
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 7 Oscars. Another 11 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
PASSED
Year:
1944
126 min
214 Views


Young man, as a matter of curiosity...

what made you become a priest?

Why, l...

[Telephone rings]

Hello?

Well, you don't say.

You don't say.

Oh, yes, I can well believe it, yeah.

Mrs. Quimp?

[Clears throat]

Yes, indeed, Mrs. Quimp.

I appreciate your good intentions.

Yes. Goodbye.

- I guess she told you about me?

- Yeah, the garrulous old biddy.

Young man, I'm afraid

you're off to a very bad start.

That's what she said. I'm sorry, Father, I...

Smashing people's windows. Such conduct.

Oh, yes, that reminds me.

I wanted to ask you something.

Listen now. Tell me, young man,

how did you happen to become a priest?

[Laughing] Well, l...

[Telephone rings]

Yeah.

Chuck? Chuck who?

- Father Chuck?

- That's me.

Here, I'll take it over here.

Hello? Timmy!

Well, how are you, Timmy? I just got in.

Well, what do you know?

That's Father O'Dowd, an old friend of mine.

We used to go to school together.

[Singing] Hail Alma Mater

Thy time-honoured halls

Shall echo with our praise till we die

And 'round our hearts

are the ivy-covered walls

Of East St. Louis

High

Good, Chuck. Can't you talk?

[Humming hesitantly]

Well, no.

All right, then, I'll do the talking.

How does your new pastor impress you?

You're a big help. It's a little early to say.

Time will tell, though.

[Exclaims negatively]

No, I think it would be better

if I told you when I saw you.

Yes, it would be much better.

All right, Timmy, make it soon, huh?

So long.

- He's a great little man.

- Yeah.

What were we talking about?

Yes, I was going to ask...

You were going to ask me

if I want to see the church.

- Yes, that's right.

- Yes.

[Church bell chiming]

- I like this. It's beautiful.

- Thank you.

- How long you been here, Father?

- Forty-five years.

- And the...

- Forty-six in October.

- The church?

- Same. I built it.

I can only hope someday I can say

I built as much.

- This is nice.

- Yeah, the birds like it.

They're good company. Listen.

[Lmitates bird chirping]

[O'Malley clears throat]

I've taken a great deal of pleasure

in me garden.

It's been hard work, but it's been worth it.

I think you'll find this a very pleasant place

in which to meditate.

- You do meditate, don't you?

- Oh, yes, sure.

FITZGIBBON:
Now I'll show you the church.

FITZGIBBON:
What we really need

is a loudspeaker system.

For a minute I thought I found

a four-leaf clover. Guess it just isn't my day.

Would you like to see the church?

O'MALLEY:
Yes.

[Organ playing]

[Organ playing continues]

Mrs. Carmody, just a minute.

Just a minute.

FITZGIBBON:
Where's Father O'Malley?

MRS. CARMODY:
He left early this morning.

The young man doesn't sleep

as late as you do, you know.

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