May 3, 1944 –
Leo McCarey’s popular comedy-drama, Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald opened in NYC on this date.
Although Barry Fitzgerald played a Catholic priest in this film–and several others–he was in real life not a Catholic but a Protestant. Several times during this film when he is “crossing” himself he does it wrong, going from right to left instead of from left to right.
The Haus of Dcaligari 