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#6959
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Comedy, Musical
"Enormously enjoyable, with a stylish ebullience and an excellent score." -Tom Milne, TIME OUT FILM GUIDE
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 short-stop 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 ranged from a softshoe 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.
USA / English
| Frank Sinatra | Dennis Ryan |
| Esther Williams | K.C. Higgins |
| Gene Kelly | Eddie O'Brien |
| Betty Garrett | Shirley Delwyn |
| Edward Arnold | Joe Lorgan |
| Jules Munshin | Nat Goldberg |
| Richard Lane | Michael Gilhuly |
| Tom Dugan | Slappy Burke |
| Dorothy Abbott | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Harry Allen | Wolves' Player (uncredited) |
| Director | Busby Berkeley |
| Producer | Arthur Freed |
| Writer | Gene Kelly; Stanley Donen; Harry Tugend; George Wells |
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 short-stop 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 ranged from a softshoe 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.
| Edition Details | |
| Distributor | Warner Home Video |
| Barcode | 012569511927 |
| Region | Region 1 |
| Chapters | 30 |
| Release Date | 2002 |
| Packaging | Snap Case |
| Screen Ratio | Standard 1.33:1 Color |
| Subtitles | English; French |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] |
| Layers | Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 1 |
| Personal Details | |
| Purchase Price | $19.98 |
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Features
| Deleted Musical Numbers Baby Doll And Boys And Girls Like You And Me Interactive Menus Notes On Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly 3 Theatrical Trailers Scene Access |