Crosby Fan World / Favorite Priestly Bing Crosby Movie

**Posted by David Lobosco** 12/4/2023 12:11 pm

In Bing's career, he played a priest three times in movies - what is your favorite "priestly" Bing Crosby movie?

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**Posted by ModernBingFan0377** 12/4/2023 1:24 pm

Going My Way is a hard choice, Bells Of St. Mary’s is it’s equal in my eyes, but I think I had to give the slight edge to Going My Way for Barry Fitzgerald, even then Ingrid Bergman definitely steps up to the same level as Barry, talk about a team of actors in both movies.

**Posted by David Lobosco** 12/4/2023 2:01 pm

ModernBingFan0377 wrote:
Going My Way is a hard choice, Bells Of St. Mary’s is it’s equal in my eyes, but I think I had to give the slight edge to Going My Way for Barry Fitzgerald, even then Ingrid Bergman definitely steps up to the same level as Barry, talk about a team of actors in both movies.

It's a hard choice. I am really curious if anyone picks Say One For Me. If Bing wanted to revisit his priest role in the late 1950s, I wish he would have just played an older Father O Malley.

**Posted by dgmprod** 15/4/2023 5:41 pm

I guess I’d have to say Bells of St Mary’s however Going my Way is close behind. I rewatched Say One for me recently and it’s not bad. It has some nice songs and Bing works well with Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner. I’ve always found it curious as to why his character isn’t called Father Chuck O’Malley however Ive realised that it was probably due to copyright issues as Paramount and Leo McCarey created the character and as such would not allow 20th Century Fox to use it.

**Posted by Rod Poynter** 18/4/2023 12:57 am

‘The Bells of St. Mary’s’ gets the nod from me, too. Bing seems more at ease as Father O’Malley than he was in ‘Going My Way’.

Also, the closing moments of the film, particularly the final close-up of Bing’s face…conveying so many emotions…contain some of his finest acting. For me, it’s one of the most powerful of movie endings, right up there with Chaplin’s ‘City Lights’.

Last edited by Rod Poynter (18/4/2023 12:58 am)

**Posted by David Lobosco** 10/5/2023 1:11 am

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