Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1949

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: It must be said, too, that Mr. Kelly and his side-kick do right nicely by a brisk thing called "Yes, Indeedy," as well as the title song. Read more

Don Druker, Chicago Reader: The plot is typical fluff -- Kelly and Sinatra join Esther Williams's baseball team at the turn of the century -- but the production values are, as always, worth the price of admission. Read more

TIME Magazine: A lazy Technicolored cinemusical aimed squarely and accurately at the summer box office. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: What matters is the stylish ebullience, and the excellent score by Roger Edens, Adolph Green and Betty Comden. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: There is no pretense that Ball Game is anything more than a romp for Kelly's virtuosity. Read more