1949
Approved
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 33 m

1949
Approved
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 33 m

Summary Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.

Directed By: Busby Berkeley

Written By: Harry Tugend, George Wells, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, Harry Crane

1949
Approved
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 33 m

1949
Approved
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
1 h 33 m

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Name: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport
Released: 1949-04-01
Duration: 1 min 33 s
Rating: 66
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Busby Berkeley

Written By: Harry Tugend, George Wells, Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, Harry Crane

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

57% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

57% Positive
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43% Mixed
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TV Guide Magazine

While there's not much baseball played here, this is an amiable film, marked by the enjoyable cast and some lively, if not memorable, music.

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Time Out

Enormously enjoyable.

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Variety

Take Me Out to the Ball Game, backgrounded by an early-day baseball yarn, is short on story, but has some amusing moments - and Gene Kelly.

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Chicago Reader

The plot is typical fluff—Kelly and Sinatra join Esther Williams's baseball team at the turn of the century—but the production values are, as always, worth the price of admission.

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Los Angeles Times

A slight but high-spirited musical that entertains without ever really grabbing you. [29 Jan 1988, p.21]

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The New Yorker

This asinine story just about smothers the good-natured hoofing.

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The New York Times

For all its high spots, however, the show lacks consistent style and pace, and the stars are forced to clown and grimace much more than becomes their speed. Actually, the plotted humor is conspicuously bush-league stuff. Don't be surprised if you see people getting up for a seventh-inning stretch.

By Bosley Crowther FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Release Date Apr 1, 1949

Duration 1 h 33 m

Rating Approved

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Tagline A Homerun Of Laughter, Romance And Fun

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Awards

Writers Guild of America, USA

• 1 Nomination

Bambi Awards

• 1 Nomination

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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Frank Sinatra

Dennis Ryan

Esther Williams

K.C. Higgins

Gene Kelly

Eddie O'Brien

Betty Garrett

Shirley Delwyn

Edward Arnold

Joe Lorgan

Jules Munshin

Nat Goldberg

Richard Lane

Michael Gilhuly

Tom Dugan

Slappy Burke

Dorothy Abbott

Dancer

Harry Allen

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Murray Alper

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Bette Arlen

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Gilbert Barnett

Kid

Virginia Bates

Girl on Train

Richard Beavers

Wolves Player

Ramon Blackburn

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Royce Blackburn

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Ellsworth Blake

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Norman Borine

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Jack Boyle

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