| 词条 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film) |
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| name = Take Me Out to the Ball Game | image = Take Me Out To The Ballgame (MGM film).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Promotional poster | director = Busby Berkeley | producer = Arthur Freed | screenplay = Harry Tugend George Wells | story = Gene Kelly Stanley Donen | narrator = | starring = Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Gene Kelly | music = see Songs | cinematography = George J. Folsey | editing = Blanche Sewell | studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = March 9, 1949 (NYC premiere) April 13, 1949 (US) | runtime = 93 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $2,025,000[1] | gross = $4,344,000[1] }} 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. PlotIn 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.[2] Cast
ProductionThe film was announced in May 1948. It was based on a story by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, with a script by Harry Turgend.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] Similarly, Sinatra's role of Dennis Ryan was said to have originally been intended for professional baseball manager (and former player) Leo Durocher.[6] Williams, a star in swimming-themed musicals, did not enjoy her experience filming with star, story-writer and choreographer Gene Kelly.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Williams asserts that Kelly was uncomfortable with the height difference between them, Williams being 5'10", while Kelly was 5'7".{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Williams did, however, form a strong bond with Frank Sinatra.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Director Busby Berkeley originally planned a swimming number for Williams, but the idea was rejected by Gene Kelly.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} Instead, she has a brief swimming sequence where she casually sings the title song. Although Busby Berkeley was hired as director by Producer Arthur Freed, he dropped out due to "exhaustion" and much of the film was directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Supposedly the real reason Berkeley left the production was due to chronic alcoholism and depression, though his touch can be seen in Esther Williams pool sequence.[7] Songs
Deleted songs
ReceptionTake 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.[1][11]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".[12] Awards and honorsHarry 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:
References1. ^1 2 {{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}. 2. ^Take Me Out to the Ball Game at Turner Classic Movies 3. ^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 4. ^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 5. ^{{cite book | last = Williams | first = Esther | authorlink = Esther Williams | coauthors = | title = Million Dollar Mermaid | publisher = Harcourt Brace | year = 1999 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-15-601135-2}} 6. ^Take Me Out to the Ball Game at Allmovie.com 7. ^{{cite book | first=Daniel | last=O'Brien | title=The Frank Sinatra Film Guide | publisher=BT Batsford | year =1998 | page=41 | isbn=0-7134-8418-7}} 8. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCv8vZTfzUM Frank Sinatra - Boys And Girls Like You And Me] on YouTube 9. ^1 [https://www.amazon.com/Take-Me-Out-Ball-Game/dp/B00004TZS3 DVD release of Take Me Out to the Ball Game] at Amazon.com 10. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkSKD1to_Bc Gene Kelly's pre-recording of "Baby Doll"] on YouTube 11. ^{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety177-1950-01#page/n58/mode/1up|title=Top Grossers of 1949|magazine=Variety|date=4 January 1950|page=59}} 12. ^{{cite news | last = Crowther | first = Bosley | authorlink = Bosley Crowther | title = Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' | work = | pages = | language = | publisher = New York Times | date = 1949-03-10 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B06E2D61F38E23BBC4852DFB5668382659EDE | accessdate = 2008-05-19}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/musicals_ballot.pdf |title= AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Nominees |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2016-08-13}} External links
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