Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Promotional poster
Directed byBusby Berkeley
Screenplay byHarry Tugend
George Wells
Story byGene Kelly
Stanley Donen
Produced byArthur Freed
StarringFrank Sinatra
Esther Williams
Gene Kelly
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byBlanche Sewell
Music byDarrell Calker
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release dates
  • March 9, 1949 (1949-03-09) (New York City)
  • April 13, 1949 (1949-04-13) (U.S.)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.