The film follows Father Charles “Chuck” O’Malley (Bing Crosby), an incoming priest from East St. Louis whose unconventional style transforms the parish life of St. Dominic’s Church in New York City.
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Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald.
Several movies had their preview screening at The Alex, inviting celebrities such as Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Elizabeth Taylor for National Velvet and Bing Crosby for Going My Way (both 1944).
Switzer continued to appear in films in various supporting roles, including in Johnny Doughboy (1942), Going My Way (1944), and The Great Mike (1944).
Satan Never Sleeps also known as The Devil Never Sleeps is a 1962 film directed by Leo McCarey (his final film, in which he returned to the religious themes of his classics Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)).