SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

blissfilm ***SPOILER ALERT*** (kind of)It's a great film and a great musical. But, perhaps with my perspective of today, I just wonder why -- at a time when popular baseball greats were named Rizzuto, DiMaggio, and Berra -- Sinatra's character wasn't given an Italian name. Perhaps it didn't fit with the time period in which the musical was set. But it still perplexes me. All of the stars are great in this film.

evanston_dad A film that proves even the MGM musical formula of the 1940s could result in some real duds.Apparently, several principals involved in the making of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" didn't get along while filming, and it shows. But even if they had, I don't know that the film would have been much better for it. Under the best of circumstances, I'm usually pretty resistant to Gene Kelly's charms, but he's nearly unwatchable in this, mugging constantly for the camera like he's playing to the back row of a vaudeville house. Frank Sinatra fares better as his bumbling sidekick, and Esther Williams is inoffensive if pretty bland as the love interest for Kelly. A dingbat plot is strung together with a bunch of songs, which can work if the songs are good enough, but they're not here. In fact, aside from the title tune, which I associate with the seventh inning stretch of Cubs games anyway, not a single song in the film is memorable, and the musical numbers are all the same -- two or three characters standing in a line singing directly into the camera. My attention wandered greatly during this film; in fact, I might have even dozed off.Three strikes and you're out.Grade: D

gkeith_1 Sinatra can't gain weight. He needs to put on the pounds. He is an athlete for a baseball team. He and Kelly are vaudeville hoofers during the winter season. Several references to President Teddy Roosevelt. Some observations of this movie. Munshin never gets the girl. Any girl. He does get some good lines and dance scenes. Be careful I don't regress with trio into reviewing their On the Town. I will do that next, or even later. I loved Kelly in the Hat My Father Wore scene. That was an actual song during the early 1900s. Seeing Kelly dance and sing this song made me cry about my late father when I first saw this scene. I thought Kelly did an excellent tap dance. The whole clambake song and dance scene I thought was the greatest, courtesy of Busby Berkeley. Betty Garrett very aggressive in chasing Frankie, and she had a similar assignment in On the Town. Garrett astrologizing Frankie. Hilarious. Williams great swimmer; great clothes. Bossy role. Florida. Palm trees. Lovely scenes. Old time base ball flat-top caps. Nostalgic base ball player cards tinted in beautiful old-timey colors. Today, we say "baseball".Ending scene. Song and dance. Red, white and blue outfits; snazzy, tailored costumes. Loved the red shoes on the women. Twirling Americana. Final kiss. Upbeat. All is well. A blaze of glory. 10/10.

gavin6942 The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they have been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball.There were many MGM musicals, and there were a few pairings of Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. Allegedly, Sinatra at this time had bad box office success, except when paired with Kelly. I can see why. Kelly is really the stronger of the two in this film, and Sinatra would not come into his own until his later tough guy movies in the 50s and 60s.This should not be seen as a classic, but it was a good showpiece for Esther Williams, who seems to be largely forgotten these days (2015). Who even remembers her as a swimming mermaid?