Directed by:
Busby BerkeleyCinematography:
George J. FolseyCast:
Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold, Jules Munshin, Richard Lane, Tom Dugan, Sally Forrest, Joi Lansing, Mitchell Lewis (more)Plots(1)
Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly play ball in a big way as 1900s vaudevillians who spend the winter flinging the onstage blarney and the summer flinging the ol’ horsehide for baseball’s world champs, the Wolves. Sinatra is second sacker Dennis Ryan and Kelly is shortstop Eddie O’Brien in this Busby Berkeley-directed romp that combines baseball with that other all-American pastime: romance. Esther Williams plays the new team owner, and Betty Garrett is a Baseball Annie with eyes for blue-eyed Ryan. Kelly and Stanley Donen’s deft musical stagings range from a soft-shoe duet charmer to an exciting “barrel roll” Kelly solo. Their work persuaded producer Arthur Freed to green-light their direction of the same year’s On the Town. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
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Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly can never have been a bad choice. And even though the film is incredibly positive and always leaves a smile on your face, it's precisely this fact that will make you enjoy it. Moreover, there are the dance/musical numbers, which are classically well-executed and developed by Busby Berkeley. I had fun.
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