Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Gene Kelly as turn-of-the-century shortstop Eddie O'Brien, his performance as ever up to the standard of a professional athlete, music by Jean Schwartz, lyric by William Jerome, in Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949, from MGM's Freed unit.

Having rescued Dennis (Frank Sinatra) after a bench-clearing brawl, fan Shirley (Betty Garrett) pursues him into the first of their famous numbers together, music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Comden and Green, in MGM's Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949.

Esther Williams as the new owner "K.C. Higgins," handling the bat like the athlete she was, helping out shortstop Eddie (Gene Kelly) in batting practice, teammate Dennis (Frank Sinatra) et al duly impressed, in MGM's Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949.

This cut number from Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) features Frank Sinatra singing to Betty Garrett "Boys and Girls Like You and Me," originally written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for the musical "Oklahoma!"

A beautiful woman takes over a turn-of-the-century baseball team in this MGM color musical starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.