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| Category | Music Video DVDs, Comedies Movies, Musical Videos, Big Business | | Starring | Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Esther Williams, Edward Arnold, Douglas Fowley, Tom Dugan, Murray Alper, Jules Munshin, Wilton Graff, Betty Garrett, Mack Gray, Richard Lane | | Director | Busby Berkeley | | Choreographer | Stanley Donen | | Cinematographer | George J. Folsey | | Composer | Adolph Deutsch, Roger Edens | | Costume Designer | Helen Rose | | Editor | Blanche Sewell | | Producer | Arthur Freed | | Production Designer | Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart | | Screenwriter | Harry Tugend | | Set Designer | Edwin B. Willis
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Standard Screen; Soundtrack English When a woman (Esther Williams) inherits their major league baseball club, teammates Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra) and Eddie O'Brien (Gene Kelly) are first outraged, then smitten. Soon they are fighting for her affections, and even breaking curfew to woo her. More trouble arises when a crooked gambler (Edward Arnold) tries to sabotage the big game. Of course it's all just a pitch on which director Busby Berkeley nails a big home run of singing, dancing, comedy, and romance. Singing, dancing baseball players Dennis Ryan (Frank Sinatra) and Eddie O'Brien (Gene Kelly) find their friendship tested when both fall for the new, female owner of their team (water-ballet diva Esther Williams). Meanwhile, a crooked gambler (Edward Arnold) tries to sabotage the big game by getting O'Brien fired. It all gets resolved with lots of comedy, songs, dances, and baseball action in a colorful, turn-of-the-century setting. (Miss Williams even swims a few laps in the hotel pool.)
Busby Berkeley directed TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME, but left the choreography to Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, thus the dance numbers emphasize Kelly's athletic grace rather than the fluid camerawork that is Berkeley's signature. Berkeley's exuberant affection for early Americana and his unerring knack for zingy comedy are both on full display, however, and frowns are not an option. Songs include: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," "The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick's Day," and "Yes, Indeedy." Theatrical release: April 1949.
This is the only Mack Gray video. Take Me Out To The Ball Game | List Price | $12.97 (You save $5.08) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1949 | | All Time Sales Rank |  37736  | | CD Universe Part number | 7629127 | | Catalog number | 1000036693 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 13, 2008 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Everybody's Cheering | | Running Time | 93 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Subtitled |
Take Me Out To The Ball Game Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Kelly and Sinatra , Wow
If you like musicals at all, this is the one to put in your library. Kelly, Sinatra and Jules Munshin are a winning team. They play off each other in perfect timing. Betty Garrett and Esther Williams compliment their partners although Kelly literally danced circles around Esther who had to stoop when dancing with him.
Submitted by Linda (Friendswood,TX,USA) 
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This is one of our family's favorite musicals-- Lots of great songs, loads of laughs, and the dancing is superb! Even if you don't like baseball, you'll love this!
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Not yet seen it
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 Was Gene Kelly REALLY human? What a wonder!
The movie is a lot of fun. Esther Williams is pretty, Sinatra's singing is as terrific as ever, but it's Kelly who shines in this baseball comedy. It's almost exhausting to watch the ultra-talented Kelly tear up the floor In the dance, "The Hat Me Dear Old Father Wore." Words fail, but a few like astonshing, dynamic, ultra-talented MIGHT come close. No one could dance with Kelly's masculine grace, style, or energy, and this number really proves it. Worth buying the movie just to see this dance...but the whole thing really is fun.
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