Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

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1h 33min
Comedy, Musical
Apr 1949 (USA)
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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.

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Busby Berkeley

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Awards:

2 nominations.
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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.

Still of Gene Kelly (I), Frank Sinatra, Harry Allen (I), Richard Beavers (I), Ellsworth Blake, Jack Boyle (II), John Burger, Eddie Cutler, Tom Dugan (I), Pete Kooy, Richard Landry (I), Richard Lane (I), Jules Munshin, Aaron Phillips (I), Joe Roach (I), Esther Williams (I), Jack Bruce (III), Bob Simpson (II), Ramon Blackburn, Royce Blackburn (I) and Eddie David (I) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Still of Gene Kelly (I), Frank Sinatra, Edward Arnold (I), Betty Garrett, Mack Gray, Charles Regan (I) and Esther Williams (I) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Gene Kelly (I), Frank Sinatra, Edward Arnold (I), Betty Garrett, Mack Gray, Charles Regan (I) and Esther Williams (I) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Gene Kelly (I), Frank Sinatra and Esther Williams (I) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

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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
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Dorothy Abbott	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Harry Allen	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Murray Alper	...	Zalinka (uncredited)
	Bette Arlen	...	Girl in Bathing Suit (uncredited)
	Gilbert Barnett	...	Kid (uncredited)
	Virginia Bates	...	Girl on Train (uncredited)
	Richard Beavers	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Ramon Blackburn	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Royce Blackburn	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Ellsworth Blake	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Norman Borine	...	Guest at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	Jack Boyle	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Tex Brodus	...	Guest (uncredited)
	Jack Bruce	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	John Burger	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	James Burke	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Ed Cassidy	...	Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
	Eddie Cutler	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Eddie David	...	Wolves Mascot (uncredited)
	Paul Dunn	...	Senators Mascot (uncredited)
	Pat Flaherty	...	World Series Umpire (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Girl in Bathing Suit (uncredited)
	Sally Forrest	...	Dancer at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	Douglas Fowley	...	Karl (uncredited)
	Sol Gorss	...	Steve (uncredited)
	Wilton Graff	...	Nick Donford (uncredited)
	Robert Graham	...	Kid (uncredited)
	Mack Gray	...	Gangster Henchman (uncredited)
	Edna Harris	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
	Sam Harris	...	Baseball Game Attendee (uncredited)
	Timmy Hawkins	...	Kid (uncredited)
	Edward Hutson	...	Giants Mascot (uncredited)
	Jackie Jackson	...	Child (uncredited)
	Si Jenks	...	Sam, the Driver (uncredited)
	Roberta Johnson	...	Girl in Bathing Suit (uncredited)
	Gordon Jones	...	Senator Catcher (uncredited)
	Hubie Kerns	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Marilyn Kinsley	...	Pretty Girl (uncredited)
	Bob Koetler	...	Kid (uncredited)
	Pete Kooy	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Henry Kulky	...	Acrobat (uncredited)
	Richard Landry	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Joi Lansing	...	Girl on Train (uncredited)
	Mitchell Lewis	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
	Herb Lurie	...	Guest at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	Bert May	...	Guest at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	George McDonald	...	Kid (uncredited)
	Esther Michelson	...	Fisherman's Wife (uncredited)
	Isabel O'Madigan	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
	Eddie Parks	...	Dr. Winston (uncredited)
	Gil Perkins	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
	Lee Phelps	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
	Aaron Phillips	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Dorothy Pina	...	Tumbler (uncredited)
	Charles Regan	...	Gangster Henchman (uncredited)
	Jack Regas	...	Guest at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	Ricky Ricardi	...	Guest at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	Jack Rice	...	Room Clerk (uncredited)
	Joe Roach	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Frank J. Scannell	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Almira Sessions	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
	Bob Simpson	...	Wolves Player (uncredited)
	Robert Skelton	...	Photographer (uncredited)
	Robert R. Stephenson	...	Baseball Fan (uncredited)
	Brick Sullivan	...	Trainer (uncredited)
	Charles Sullivan	...	World Series Spectator (uncredited)
	William Tannen	...	Reporter With Teddy Roosevelt (uncredited)
	Hank Tobias	...	Kid (uncredited)
	Dolly Walker	...	Tumbler (uncredited)
	Ray Weamer	...	Guest at Wharf Party (uncredited)
	Dick Wessel	...	Umpire (uncredited)
	Harry Wilson	...	Baseball Game Attendee (uncredited)

Directed by

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Busby Berkeley

Written by

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Harry Tugend	...	(screenplay) and
George Wells	...	(screenplay)

Gene Kelly	...	(story) and
Stanley Donen	...	(story)

Harry Crane	...	() (uncredited)

Produced by

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Arthur Freed

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producer

Music by

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Roger Edens	...	(uncredited)
Conrad Salinger	...	(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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George J. Folsey

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(as George Folsey)

Editing by

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Blanche Sewell

Editorial Department

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Natalie Kalmus

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color director: Technicolor

Art Direction by

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Daniel B. Cathcart
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Helen Rose	...	(costumes: women)
Valles	...	(costumes: men)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn	...	makeup designer
Sydney Guilaroff	...	hair styles designer
Charles H. Schram	...	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Sergei Petschnikoff

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production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Leslie H. Martinson	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Carl 'Major' Roup	...	second assistant director (uncredited)
Dolph Zimmer	...	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Henry Grace	...	associate set decorator (as Henry W. Grace)
Henry Dane	...	carpenter (uncredited)
Frank Wesselhoff	...	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer	...	recording director
James Brock	...	sound (uncredited)
James Z. Flaster	...	sound mixer (uncredited)
Jasper Woltz	...	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Warren Newcombe	...	special effects
Peter Ballbusch	...	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Howard Bradner	...	grip (uncredited)
Robert J. Bronner	...	camera operator (uncredited)
S.C. Manatt	...	still photographer (uncredited)
William W. Spencer	...	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joan Joseff

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costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Adolph Deutsch	...	musical director
Stanley Donen	...	musical numbers staging
Gene Kelly	...	musical numbers staging
Robert Tucker	...	vocal arranger
Robert Franklyn	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Harry V. Lojewski	...	music expert (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Leslie H. Martinson

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script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Peter Ballbusch	...	montage sequences
Stanley Donen	...	choreographer
James Gooch	...	associate technicolor color director
Gene Kelly	...	choreographer
Jean Harrison	...	stand-in: Betty Garrett (uncredited)
Buster Keaton	...	gag consultant (uncredited)
Alex Romero	...	assistant choreographer (uncredited)
Jimmy Thompson	...	stand-in: Frank Sinatra (uncredited)

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Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (United States) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (Turkey) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (Australia) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (France) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (Finland) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1952) (Italy) (theatrical)
Metro (1952) (Norway) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1952) (Denmark) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (Austria) (theatrical)
Les Grands Films Classiques (GFC) (1976) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1987) (United States) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (United States) (VHS)
MGM Home Entertainment (1999) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (2000) (United States) (DVD)
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Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2008) (United States) (DVD)
Filmes Castello Lopes (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical) (re-realease)
Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

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Turner Entertainment (VHS package design)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie. Written by A.L.Beneteau Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	woman-wears-a-swimsuit world-championship-baseball-team sarasota-wolves-baseball-team telegram stage-show See All (85) »
Taglines	A Homerun Of Laughter, Romance And Fun See more »
Genres	Comedy Musical Romance Sport
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Australia:G Finland:S France:Tous publics Italy:T Norway:A (cinema rating) Philippines:G Portugal:M/6 Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:Approved

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Also Known As	Everybody's Cheering (United Kingdom) Match d'amour (France) Llévame a ver el partido (Spain) Заведи ме на мача (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title) Hagyj ki a játékból (Hungary) See more »
Runtime	93 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Filming Locations	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget

$1,725,970 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Frank Sinatra's career was struggling at the time and this was made during a period when the only time he did well at the box office was when paired with Gene Kelly. Two of his previous solo appearances, It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) and The Kissing Bandit (1948) did very poorly at the box office. See more »
Goofs	During the Opening Day scene, the color of the opposing team's uniforms changes from gray & red to gray & green. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks	Take Me Out to the Ball Game See more »
Quotes	Eddie O'Brien: Denny talks about you in his sleep. He keeps waking me up. Like, last night, for instance, all of the sudden he woke up yelling, "Slide, Katherine, Slide!" K.C. Higgins: Denny even dreams baseball. Eddie O'Brien: He wasn't dreaming about baseball. K.C. Higgins: Well, how do you know? Eddie O'Brien: Because when I leaned over to wake him up he embraced me. Like this! And then he kissed me. Like this. [kiss] See more »

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