Take Me Out to the Ball Game ( film ) - wikipedia Take Me Out to the Ball Game ( film ) Take Me Out to the Ball Game Promotional poster Directed by Busby Berkeley Produced by Arthur Freed Screenplay by Harry Tugend George Wells Story by Gene Kelly Stanley Donen Starring Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Gene Kelly Music by see Songs Cinematography George J. Folsey Edited by Blanche Sewell Production company Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Distributed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Release date March 9, 1949 ( NYC premiere ) April 13, 1949 ( US ) Running time 93 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $2,025,000 Box office $4,344,000 Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 Technicolor musical film produced in the Arthur Freed unit of MGM. It stars Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, and Gene Kelly, features Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold and Jules Munshin, and was directed by Busby Berkeley. The title and nominal theme is taken from the unofficial anthem of American baseball, `` Take Me Out to the Ball Game ''. The film was released in the United Kingdom as Everybody 's Cheering. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Songs 4.1 Deleted songs 5 Reception 6 Awards and honors 7 References 8 External links Plot In 1908, a fictional baseball team, the Wolves, start the season on the road against the Washington Senators, and later the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians, all American League teams. Two of its players, Eddie O'Brien ( Gene Kelly ) and Dennis Ryan ( Frank Sinatra ), are also part - time vaudevillians. The ball club 's status quo is turned on its head when the team winds up under new ownership, and the distress this causes the team is only increased when the new owner is revealed to be a woman, K.C. ( Katherine Catherine ) Higgins ( Esther Williams ). Eventually, Dennis falls for her, and then Eddie as well, while Dennis is the object of the affections of an ardent fan, Shirley Delwyn ( Betty Garrett ). All of them must contend with a number of gangsters led by Joe Lorgan ( Edward Arnold ) looking to win a big bet by impairing Eddie 's play and getting him kicked off the team. Cast Frank Sinatra as Dennis Ryan Esther Williams as K.C. Higgins Gene Kelly as Eddie O'Brien Betty Garrett as Shirley Delwyn Jules Munshin as Nat Goldberg Edward Arnold as Joe Lorgan Richard Lane as Michael Gilhuly Tom Dugan as Slappy Burke Production The film was announced in May 1948. It was based on a story by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, with a script by Harry Turgend. The female lead of club - owner K.C. Higgins was originally meant to be played by Ginger Rogers. However, she dropped out a month before filming and was replaced by Esther Williams. Williams also claimed that there were others up for the role of club - owner K.C. Higgins before she was selected : Judy Garland was originally slated to star, but was replaced because of substance abuse problems. Similarly, Sinatra 's role of Dennis Ryan was said to have originally been intended for professional baseball manager ( and former player ) Leo Durocher. Williams, a star in swimming - themed musicals, did not enjoy her experience filming with star, story - writer and choreographer Gene Kelly. In her autobiography, she describes her time on the film as `` pure misery '', claiming that Kelly and Stanley Donen treated her with contempt and went out of their way to make jokes at her expense. Williams asserts that Kelly was uncomfortable with the height difference between them, Williams being 5'10 ``, while Kelly was 5'7 ''. Williams did, however, form a strong bond with Frank Sinatra. Director Busby Berkeley originally planned a swimming number for Williams, but the idea was rejected by Gene Kelly. Instead, she has a brief swimming sequence where she casually sings the title song. Songs `` Take Me Out to the Ball Game '' ( music and lyrics by Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer ) - Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, reprise by Esther Williams `` Yes, Indeedy '' ( music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ) - Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra `` O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg '' ( music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ) - Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin `` The Right Girl for Me '' ( music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ) - Frank Sinatra `` It 's Fate Baby, It 's Fate '' ( music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ) - Frank Sinatra and Betty Garrett `` Strictly U.S.A. '' ( music and lyrics by Roger Edens ) - Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams and Gene Kelly `` The Hat My Dear Old Father Wore upon St. Patrick 's Day '' ( music and lyrics by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome ) - Gene Kelly Deleted songs The song `` Boys and Girls Like You and Me '', originally written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for Oklahoma ! ( 1943 ), was filmed with Frank Sinatra singing to Betty Garrett but was cut from the released film ; the video outtake survives today and is included as an `` extra '' on the DVD. `` Baby Doll '', sung by Gene Kelly to Esther Williams and including a dance, was deleted from the released film. This video also survives and is included on the DVD. Reception Take Me Out to the Ball Game was a box office success, earning $2,987,000 in the US and Canada and $978,000 overseas, resulting in a profit of $675,000. It received modestly positive reviews, although some reviewers felt the cast was better than the material, and the film lacked a `` consistent style and pace ''. Awards and honors Harry Tugend and George Wells were nominated for the 1950 Writers Guild of America Award in the category of `` Best Written American Musical ''. They lost to Betty Comden and Adolph Green, for On the Town, another MGM musical comedy, also produced by Arthur Freed, and also starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett and Jules Munshin, which was released four months after Take Me Out to the Ball Game. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists : 2006 : AFI 's Greatest Movie Musicals -- Nominated References ^ Jump up to : The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles : Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study. Jump up ^ Take Me Out to the Ball Game at Turner Classic Movies Jump up ^ By THOMAS F BRADY Special to The New York Times. ( 1948, May 18 ). KELLY, SINATRA SET FOR BASEBALL FILM. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/108194628 Jump up ^ By THOMAS F BRADY Special to The New York Times. ( 1948, May 29 ). BEATRICE PEARSON SET FOR FILM ROLE. New York Times ( 1923 - Current File ) Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/108194242 Jump up ^ Williams, Esther ( 1999 ). Million Dollar Mermaid. Harcourt Brace. ISBN 0 - 15 - 601135 - 2. Jump up ^ Take Me Out to the Ball Game at Allmovie.com Jump up ^ Frank Sinatra - Boys And Girls Like You And Me on YouTube ^ Jump up to : DVD release of Take Me Out to the Ball Game at Amazon.com Jump up ^ Gene Kelly 's pre-recording of `` Baby Doll '' on YouTube Jump up ^ `` Top Grossers of 1949 ''. Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59. Jump up ^ Crowther, Bosley ( 1949 - 03 - 10 ). `` Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in ' Take Me Out to the Ball Game ' ''. New York Times. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 19. Jump up ^ `` AFI 's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 2016 - 08 - 13. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Take Me Out to the Ball Game ( film ). Take Me Out to the Ball Game at the American Film Institute Catalog Take Me Out to the Ball Game on IMDb Take Me Out to the Ball Game at the TCM Movie Database Take Me Out to the Ball Game at AllMovie Take Me Out to the Ball Game at Rotten Tomatoes Arthur Freed musical productions As producer Babes in Arms ( 1939 ) Strike Up the Band ( 1940 ) Little Nellie Kelly ( 1940 ) Lady Be Good ( 1941 ) Babes on Broadway ( 1941 ) Panama Hattie ( 1942 ) For Me and My Gal ( 1942 ) Cabin in the Sky ( 1943 ) DuBarry Was a Lady ( 1943 ) Best Foot Forward ( 1943 ) Girl Crazy ( 1943 ) Meet Me in St. Louis ( 1944 ) Yolanda and the Thief ( 1945 ) The Harvey Girls ( 1946 ) Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ) Till the Clouds Roll By ( 1946 ) Good News ( 1947 ) Summer Holiday ( 1948 ) The Pirate ( 1948 ) Easter Parade ( 1948 ) Words and Music ( 1948 ) Take Me Out to the Ball Game ( 1949 ) The Barkleys of Broadway ( 1949 ) On the Town ( 1949 ) Annie Get Your Gun ( 1950 ) Pagan Love Song ( 1950 ) Royal Wedding ( 1951 ) Show Boat ( 1951 ) An American in Paris ( 1951 ) The Belle of New York ( 1952 ) Singin ' in the Rain ( 1952 ) The Band Wagon ( 1953 ) Brigadoon ( 1954 ) It 's Always Fair Weather ( 1955 ) Kismet ( 1955 ) Invitation to the Dance ( 1956 ) Silk Stockings ( 1957 ) Gigi ( 1958 ) Bells Are Ringing ( 1960 ) Uncredited as producer The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) Meet the People ( 1944 ) Non-musicals The Clock ( 1945 ) Any Number Can Play ( 1949 ) Crisis ( 1950 ) The Subterraneans ( 1960 ) Light in the Piazza ( 1962 ) Busby Berkeley : Choreographer and director Broadway pre-Hollywood Holka Polka ( chor, 1925 ) The Wild Rose ( chor, 1926 ) Lady Do ( chor, 1927 ) A Connecticut Yankee ( chor, 1927 ) White Eagle ( chor, 1927 ) Present Arms ( chor, 1928 ) Earl Carroll 's Vanities ( 1928 ) ( chor, 1928 ) Good Boy ( chor, 1928 ) Rainbow ( chor, 1928 ) Hello, Daddy ( chor, 1928 ) Pleasure Bound ( chor, 1929 ) A Night in Venice ( chor, 1929 ) Broadway Nights ( chor, 1929 ) The Street Singer ( dir & prod, 1929 ) Nine - Fifteen Revue ( chor, 1930 ) The International Review ( chor, 1930 ) Sweet and Low ( chor, 1930 ) 1930s Whoopee ! ( chor, 1930 ) Kiki ( chor, 1931 ) Palmy Days ( chor, 1931 ) Flying High ( chor, 1931 ) Sky Devils ( chor, 1932 ) Girl Crazy ( chor, 1932 ) Night World ( chor, 1932 ) Bird of Paradise ( chor, 1932 ) The Kid From Spain ( chor, 1932 ) 42nd Street ( chor, 1933 ) Gold Diggers of 1933 ( chor, 1933 ) She Had to Say Yes ( dir, 1933 ) Footlight Parade ( chor, 1933 ) Roman Scandals ( chor, 1933 ) Dames ( dir mus nmbrs, 1934 ) Fashions of 1934 ( chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1934 ) Wonder Bar ( chor, 1934 ) Gold Diggers of 1935 ( dir & chor, 1935 ) Bright Lights ( dir, 1935 ) I Live for Love ( dir & chor, 1935 ) In Caliente ( chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935 ) Stars Over Broadway ( chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1935 ) Stage Struck ( dir, 1936 ) Varsity Show ( dir finale, 1937 ) The Singing Marine ( chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1937 ) Gold Diggers of 1937 ( dir mus nmbrs, 1937 ) The Go Getter ( dir, 1937 ) Hollywood Hotel ( dir & chor, 1937 ) Men Are Such Fools ( dir, 1938 ) Gold Diggers in Paris ( chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1938 ) Garden of the Moon ( dir, 1938 ) Comet Over Broadway ( dir, 1938 ) Broadway Serenade ( dir finale, 1939 ) They Made Me a Criminal ( dir, 1939 ) Fast and Furious ( dir, 1939 ) Babes in Arms ( dir, 1939 ) The Wizard of Oz ( Scarecrow 's dance - cut, 1939 ) 1940s Forty Little Mothers ( dir, 1940 ) Strike Up The Band ( dir, 1940 ) Blonde Inspiration ( dir, 1941 ) Lady Be Good ( dir mus nmbrs, 1941 ) Ziegfeld Girl ( dir mus nmbrs, 1941 ) Babes on Broadway ( dir, 1941 ) For Me and My Gal ( dir, 1942 ) Calling All Girls ( chor & dir mus nmbrs, 1942 ) Born to Sing ( dir finale, 1942 ) Cabin in the Sky ( dir `` Shine '' seq, 1943 ) The Gang 's All Here ( dir & chor, 1943 ) Three Cheers for the Girls ( chor, 1943 ) Girl Crazy ( dir `` I Got Rhythm '', 1943 ) All Star Musical Revue ( dir mus nmbrs, 1945 ) Cinderella Jones ( dir, 1946 ) Romance on the High Seas ( chor, 1948 ) Take Me Out to the Ball Game ( dir, 1949 ) 1950s Annie Get Your Gun ( dir - cut, 1950 ) Big Town ( dir TV series, 1950 ) Weeks With Love ( chor, 1950 ) Call Me Mister ( chor, 1951 ) Ticket to Broadway ( chor, 1951 ) Million Dollar Mermaid ( chor, 1952 ) Small Town Girl ( chor, 1953 ) Easy to Love ( chor, 1953 ) Rose Marie ( chor, 1954 ) 1960s Billy Rose 's Jumbo ( chor & dir 2nd unit, 1962 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game_(film)&oldid=849182833 '' Categories : English - language films 1949 films 1940s musical comedy films 1940s romantic comedy films 1940s sports films American baseball films American films American musical comedy films American romantic comedy films American romantic musical films Films directed by Busby Berkeley Films produced by Arthur Freed Films set in 1908 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer films Screenplays by George Wells Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017 Commons category without a link on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Español Français Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Português Svenska Українська 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 July 2018, at 03 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: who starred in take me out to the ballgame
Answer: Frank Sinatra