Region: All MSRP: $21.99 The Production: 3.5/5 A jaunty baseball musical comedy with nifty tunes and the slimmest of plots, Busby Berkeleyâs Take Me Out to the Ball Game is remembered now as the genesis of the great directing team of Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. They didnât direct the film proper, but besides penning the story, the pair choreographed the show and directed all of the musical numbers with such surety that their eventual success as film directors seemed inevitable. Their next project: the masterful On the Town which they both choreographed and directed in its entirety. Talented turn of the century baseball players Eddie OâBrien (Gene Kelly) and Denny Ryan (Frank Sinatra) spend their off-season playing vaudeville to packed houses. Having won the previous seasonâs World Series for their Wolves team, they expect to repeat in the newest season, but the team is dashed by the news that it has a new owner K.C. Higgins (Esther Williams). Sheâs very knowledgeable about baseball, however, and the teamâs mistrust is quickly thwarted. Whatâs more, girl-shy Denny flips for the new owner, but sheâs not interested in him romantically. Eddie seems more to her liking though he fights his attraction to her for as long as he can. But more serious trouble is brewing for the Wolves: big time gambler Joe Lorgan (Edward Arnold) has a scheme to amass a fortune betting against the Wolves, and his sometimes girl friend Shirley Delwyn (Betty Garrett) complicates matters when she falls head over heels for Denny.