Going My Way (TV series)
| Going My Way | |
|---|---|
 Fred Clark and Gene Kelly in the episode "A Matter of Principle" (1962) | |
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Written by | Richard L. Bare Joe Connelly William Fay Mark Weingart Malcolm Stuart Boylan |
| Directed by | Fielder Cook Robert Florey Joseph Pevney |
| Starring | Gene Kelly Leo G. Carroll Dick York Nydia Westman |
| Theme music composer | Jack Marshall Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Joe Connelly Bob Mosher |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Kerry Productions Revue Studios The My Way Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 3, 1962 – April 24, 1963 |
Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series starring dancer and actor Gene Kelly. Based on the 1944 film of the same name starring Bing Crosby, the series aired on ABC with new episodes from October 3, 1962 to April 24, 1963. The program was Kelly's first and only attempt at a weekly television series.[1] The series was canceled after one season of thirty episodes.
The series was produced by Revue Studios (now Universal Television), as parent company MCA owned the rights to the original film through its subsidiary, EMKA, Ltd., which in 1957 bought Going My Way and many other pre-1950 sound feature films from Paramount Pictures.
Synopsis
Kelly stars as Father Chuck O'Malley, a Roman Catholic priest who is sent to St. Dominic's Parish located in a lower-class section of New York City. Leo G. Carroll co-starred as the elderly pastor, Father Fitzgibbons, the Barry Fitzgerald role in the film. Dick York, later of Bewitched, portrayed Chuck's boyhood friend, Tom Colwell, the director of a secular neighborhood youth center. Nydia Westman played Mrs. Featherstone, the housekeeper of the rectory. Episodes focus on Father O'Malley's attempts to connect with the congregation and his relationship with the elderly Father Fitzgibbons.
The failure of the series to enter a second season is usually attributed to its competition, particularly The Beverly Hillbillies. Going My Way was also scheduled opposite the final season of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis on CBS and the last third of James Drury's 90-minute western, The Virginian, on NBC. Aired at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays, Going My Way followed the western series Wagon Train on the ABC schedule. The program itself was followed on ABC by the sitcom, Our Man Higgins, starring Stanley Holloway, Frank Maxwell, and Audrey Totter.[2]
Guest stars
Episode list
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Back to Ballymora" | October 3, 1962 |
| 1-2 | "The Crooked Angel" | October 10, 1962 |
| 1-3 | "The Parish Car" | October 17, 1962 |
| 1-4 | "The Father" | October 24, 1962 |
| 1-5 | "A Man for Mary" | October 31, 1962 |
| 1-6 | "Like My Own Brother" | November 7, 1962 |
| 1-7 | "Not Good Enough for My Sister" | November 14, 1962 |
| 1-8 | "A Matter of Principle" | November 21, 1962 |
| 1-9 | "Mr. Second Chance" | November 23, 1962 |
| 1-10 | "Ask Me No Questions" | November 30, 1962 |
| 1-11 | "Keep an Eye on Santa Claus" | December 9, 1962 |
| 1-12 | "A Dog for Father Fitz" | December 19, 1962 |
| 1-13 | "A Saint for Mama" | December 26, 1962 |
| 1-14 | "Tell Me When You Get to Heaven" | January 2, 1963 |
| 1-15 | "My Son, The Social Worker" | January 9, 1963 |
| 1-16 | "My Memorial for Finnegan" | January 16, 1963 |
| 1-17 | "Don't Forget to Say Goodbye" | January 23, 1963 |
| 1-18 | "The Shoemaker's Child" | January 30, 1963 |
| 1-19 | "The Slasher" | February 6, 1963 |
| 1-20 | "One Small Unhappy Family" | February 13, 1963 |
| 1-21 | "Has Anybody Here Seen Eddie?" | February 20, 1963 |
| 1-22 | "Blessed are the Meek" | February 27, 1963 |
| 1-23 | "Cornelius, Come Home" | March 6, 1963 |
| 1-24 | "The Boss of the Ward" | March 13, 1963 |
| 1-25 | "Run, Robin, Run" | March 20, 1963 |
| 1-26 | "The Reformation of Willie Henratty" | March 27, 1963 |
| 1-27 | "Custody of the Child" | April 3, 1963 |
| 1-28 | "Florence, Come Home" | April 10, 1963 |
| 1-29 | "Hear No Evil" | April 17, 1963 |
| 1-30 | "A Tough Act to Follow" | April 24, 1963 |
DVD release
On December 6, 2011, Timeless Media Group released Going My Way: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[3]
References
- ^ Levy, Claudia. "Song-and-Dance Man Gene Kelly Dies; Breezy, Athletic Style Graced Film Musicals of '40s and '50s", The Washington Post, February 3, 1996. Accessed November 2, 2008. "He won an Emmy in 1967 for his television production of Jack and the Beanstalk and appeared often on television, starring in one short-lived 1962 series, Going My Way, based on the Bing Crosby movie."
- ^ 1962-1963 American network television schedule
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Going-My-Way-Complete-Episodes/dp/B005TN1SE0
External links
- 1962 American television series debuts
- 1963 American television series endings
- 1960s American television series
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- American comedy-drama television series
- Black-and-white television programs
- English-language television programming
- Roman Catholic church in fiction
- Television programs based on films
- Television series by Universal Television
- Television shows set in New York City
- 1960s American comedy television series