• Episode 23.2: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

  • May 24 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
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Episode 23.2: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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  • Welcome to our triumphant return to a movie that is...less than triumphant. It's 1949's Take Me Out to the Ball Game, a successful film that most people involved would rather forget. However, there's still interesting stuff here! We have Busby Berkeley's last credited directorial effort. We have what might be Frank Sinatra's queerest performance. We even have Esther Williams! Sort of. Less so than you'd think. We have all of that, and we're only one podcast. Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend by Earl J Hess and Pratibha A Dabholkar He's Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly by Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson Buzz: the Life and Art of Busby Berkeley by Jeffery Spivak Dancing On The Ceiling: Stanley Donen and His Movies by Stephen M Silverman They Made Us Happy: Betty Comden & Adolph Green's Musicals and Movies by Andy Propst Baseball: The Early Years by Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography by Esther Williams and Digby Diehl Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @adreamescapade Write us a letter: adreamescapade@gmail.com Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker (@pos1)
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