Take Me Out to the Ball Game | |
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Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
Screenplay by | Harry Tugend George Wells |
Story by | Gene Kelly Stanley Donen |
Produced by | Arthur Freed |
Starring | Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Gene Kelly |
Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
Music by | Darrell Calker |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release dates | March 9, 1949 (NYC premiere) April 13, 1949 (US) |
Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,025,000[1] |
Box office | $4,344,000[1] |
Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film produced in the Arthur Freed unit of MGM. It stars Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, 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.