Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Busby Berkeley |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Freed |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sports |
| Top Topics | Baseball, Busby Berkeley, Dance, Romance (Comic), Romantic Rivalry |
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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.
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Musical Monday: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
on Jun 29, 2020 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?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 Game... Read full article
Take Me out to The Ball Game (1949)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jul 17, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsThere’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 Filmvia: 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 TimeTake 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 CameoBaseball’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 hist... Read full article
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Quotes from
K.C. Higgins: You're certainly the prettiest shortstop.
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.
Eddie O'Brien: I've been behaving like an idiot, haven't I?
K.C. Higgins: Yes, you have.
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Facts about
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."
Rodgers and Hammerstein's ballad, "Boys and Girls Like You and Me," is famous for its three deletions. First, the song was intended as a duet for Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts in the trailblazing 1943 Broadway musical, "Oklahoma!" Then screen rights to the tune were bought by MGM producer Arthur Freed and scheduled to be sung by Judy Garland to Tom Drake in Meet Me in St. Louis. Five years later, the ditty was to be interpolated in this Arthur Freed project, set to be sung by Frank Sinatra to Betty Garrett. The Sinatra prerecording holds a place on the Rhino CD box set, "Frank Sinatra in Hollywood 1940-1964." Still in existence, the Sinatra-Garrett scene has been included on the CD from Warner Home Video.
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