Take Me Out to the Ball Game

film by Berkeley [1949]

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The film Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 American musical set in 1906. It stars Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly as vaudeville performers who also play baseball for a team owned by a woman, portrayed by Esther Williams. While Kelly and Stanley Donen directed the dance sequences, Busby Berkeley handled the rest of the direction in what was his final film as a director.12

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Stanley Donen
Early life and work
…for renowned choreographer Busby Berkeley’s Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), which he also choreographed.
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…for renowned choreographer Busby Berkeley’s Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), which he also choreographed.
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Busby Berkeley
Later films
…finished, but then came MGM’s Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), a proficient musical set in 1906, starring Frank Sinatra and Kelly as a vaudeville team who begin playing baseball for a team owned and managed by a woman (Esther Williams). Ironically, Kelly and Stanley Donen directed the…
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…finished, but then came MGM’s Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949), a proficient musical set in 1906, starring Frank Sinatra and Kelly as a vaudeville team who begin playing baseball for a team owned and managed by a woman (Esther Williams). Ironically, Kelly and Stanley Donen directed the…
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