Editing Going My Way (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
According to [[Bosley Crowther]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''Going My Way'' was "the best" of Crosby's career, which is "saying a lot for a performer who has been one of the steadiest joys of the screen. But, in this Leo McCarey film ... he has definitely found his sturdiest role to date."<ref name="nyt44">{{cite news | date= May 3, 1944 | title= Comedy-Drama With Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald | first= Bosley | last= Crowther | author-link= Bosley Crowther | url= https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/way-re.html | newspaper= The New York Times | access-date= February 27, 2013 | archive-date= May 20, 2013 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130520231623/http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/way-re.html | url-status= live }}</ref> Crowther, however, criticized the film's length while lauding Crosby, and wrote that "he has been stunningly supported by Barry Fitzgerald, who plays one of the warmest characters the screen has ever known. As a matter of fact, it is a cruel slight to suggest that this is Mr. Crosby's show. It is his and Mr. Fitzgerald's together. And they make it one of the rare delights of the year."<ref name="nyt44"/>

[[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] endorsed the film, saying: "Bing Crosby gets a tailor-made role in ''Going My Way'', and with major assistance from Barry Fitzgerald and Risë Stevens, clicks solidly to provide top-notch entertainment for wide audience appeal. Picture will hit hefty biz on all booking ... Intimate scenes between Crosby and Fitzgerald dominate throughout, with both providing slick characterizations ... Crosby’s song numbers include three new tunes by Johnny Burke and James Van Heusen — 'Going My Way,' 'Would You Like to Swing on a Star' and 'Day After Forever.' Trio are topgrade and due for wide pop appeal due to cinch recording and airings by Bing. He also delivers '[[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Ave Maria]],' '[[Adeste Fideles]]' and '[[Silent Night]]' in addition to a lively Irish-themed song, 'Toora-loora-looral' with boys' choir accompaniment."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Walt |title=Going My Way |url=https://archive.org/details/variety153-1944-03/page/n69/mode/1up |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=14 |date=March 8, 1944 |access-date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>

On review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 7.0/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald are eminently likable, and film is pleasantly sentimental, but ''Going My Way'' suffers from a surplus of sweetness."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Going My Way |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/going_my_way |access-date=August 13, 2023 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |archive-date=January 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108074220/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/going_my_way |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Accolades===
The film received ten nominations at the [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], winning seven, including [[Barry Fitzgerald]] (whose work on the film was nominated for both [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]). [[Bing Crosby]] won for Best Actor, while Fitzgerald won for Best Supporting Actor. (Subsequently, the rules were changed to prevent a recurrence).<ref name="dissolve">{{cite magazine|title=In 1982, everyone agreed on Jessica Lange (but not for the big prize)|author=Mike D'Angelo|magazine=Dissolve|url=http://thedissolve.com/features/performance-review/489-in-1982-everyone-agreed-on-jessica-lange-but-not-f/|date=April 1, 2014|access-date=April 5, 2014|archive-date=April 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404084502/http://thedissolve.com/features/performance-review/489-in-1982-everyone-agreed-on-jessica-lange-but-not-f/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its record of six above-the-line wins was matched in [[95th Academy Awards|2022]] by ''[[Everything Everywhere All At Once]]''.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[17th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1945 |title=The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093748/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/17th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Leo McCarey]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Bing Crosby]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Barry Fitzgerald]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| [[Frank Butler (writer)|Frank Butler]] and [[Frank Cavett]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Story|Best Original Motion Picture Story]]
| Leo McCarey
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography – Black-and-White]]
| [[Lionel Lindon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Leroy Stone]] 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]]
| "[[Swinging on a Star]]" <br> Music by [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]; <br> Lyrics by [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Argentine Film Critics Association|Argentine Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| Leo McCarey
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Picture]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/going-my-way |title=Going My Way |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801101928/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/going-my-way |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Barry Fitzgerald
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Leo McCarey
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1944|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|2nd place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1944/ |title=1944 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830234306/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1944/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Best Acting
| Bing Crosby
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=December 16, 2015 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1944 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1944 |title=1944 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130073128/http://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1944 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Leo McCarey
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Bing Crosby
| {{nom}}
|-
| Barry Fitzgerald
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="3"| [[Photoplay (magazine)#The Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor|Photoplay Awards]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Picturegoer|Picturegoer Awards]]
| Best Actor
| Bing Crosby
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|}

* In 2004, ''Going My Way'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-215/films-added-to-national-film-registry-for-2004/2004-12-28/|access-date=October 8, 2020|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407183706/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-04-215/films-added-to-national-film-registry-for-2004/2004-12-28/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=October 8, 2020|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live}}</ref>