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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Overview:

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Busby Berkeley and produced by Arthur Freed.

SYNOPSIS

Williams takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team and comes into conflict with two of the team's best players, Sinatra and Kelly (who take their song-and-dance act on the road in the off-season). But Williams comes to the rescue when Kelly gets involved with gambler Arnold. This was Berkeley's last directorial effort; Kelly and Donen directed the musical sequences, preparing them for On the Town the following year. The title song, "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg," and "The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick's Day" are musical home runs.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Take Me Out to the Ball Game BlogHub Articles:

Musical Monday: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

on Jun 29, 2020 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Take Me Out to the Ball ... Read full article

Take Me out to The Ball Game (1949)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 17, 2018 From 4 Star Films

There’s something perfectly in sync between Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor so I could never choose another duo over them but Kelly and Frank Sinatra are such wonderful entertainers that they help make this period baseball number a real musical classic even if it has to fall in line behin... Read full article

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

By Cameron on Nov 16, 2016 From The Blonde At The Film

via: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game_(film) Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. In the summer of 1946, Gene Kelly and his dance collaborator Stanley Donen got the idea for a musical about baseball set at the turn of the century. They sold their story to MGM and ... Read full article

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

By Beatrice on Jun 18, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Take Me Out to the Ball Game Directed by Busby Berkeley Written by Harry Tugend and George Wells from a story by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen 1949/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental K.C. Higgins: You’re certainly the prettiest shortstop. MGM puts two-thirds of the cast o... Read full article

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

By Emily on Apr 5, 2014 From The Vintage Cameo

Baseball’s back in full swing, and as part of Forgotten Films‘ baseball blogathon, I’ve chosen to cover a very fun baseball movie that, admittedly, is perhaps not the most stellar example of actual gameplay: 1949′s Take Me Out to the Ball Game. It’s a fun, somewhat his... Read full article

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Quotes:

Eddie O'Brien: Oh, Miss Higgins! You're the prettiest manager in baseball.
K.C. Higgins: You're certainly the prettiest shortstop.
Eddie O'Brien: How many times have I told you to pick on somebody your size?
Dennis Ryan: There ain't nobody my size.
Eddie O'Brien: I've been behaving like an idiot, haven't I?
K.C. Higgins: Yes, you have.
Shirley Delwyn: [to Dennis Ryan] You bad boy, I've got a good notion to take you on my knee.
Eddie O'Brien: You mean over your knee, don't you?
Shirley Delwyn: I know what I mean.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Facts
Director Busby Berkeley came up with an imaginative swimming number for Esther Williams and Gene Kelly but Kelly didn't want it in the movie. So instead they did "The Baby Doll" number. Eventually the "Baby Doll" number was taken out of the final film.
Kathryn Grayson was considered for the role of K.C. Higgins.
Baseball, The Great American Pastime, never has been widely followed in Britain. Consequently, the film's title for English audiences was changed to "Everybody's Cheering."
There was no soundtrack album, but three of the stars made commercial discs of a few songs, on MGM Records. Two Gene Kelly-Betty Garrett duets were recorded , "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (music by 'Albert Von Tilzer', lyrics by Jack Norworth), done in a swinging tempo, and "Yes, Indeedy" (music and lyrics by Roger Edens, Betty Comden and Adolph Green). Also, recorded on MGM Records, a Garrett solo, "It's Fate Baby, It's Fate" (music and lyrics by Edens, Comden and Green) and recorded on Columbia Records, Frank Sinatra's charming ballad, "The Right Girl for Me" (music and lyrics by Edens, Comden and Green).
The final film directed solely by Busby Berkeley.
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