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It Happens Every Spring

Play trailer Poster for It Happens Every Spring 1949,  1h 27m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 66% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 66% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A college chemistry professor, Vernon Simpson (Ray Milland), invents a substance that keeps insects away from wood. But after a baseball crashes through the window and gets coated in the fluid, Simpson discovers that the ball repels wood. To further his experiment, Simpson tries out as a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals and becomes a master of the screwball, propelling him into the spotlight as a star player, much to the confusion of his fiancée, Deborah (Jean Peters).

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Bosley Crowther New York Times Mar 25, 2006
Lloyd Bacon's uninspired direction is as monotonous as the script. Once the audience gets onto the one snapper, it's all over with this film. Go to Full Review
Ian Kane Epoch Times May 13, 2023
3.5/5
Possibilities percolate with a new kind of baseball Go to Full Review
Frank Eng Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles) Jun 12, 2021
This new Ray Milland vehicle is highly Improbable but fairly amusing ln its exploitation of a single wacky idea. Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Nov 30, 2015
Zany, inventive baseball comedy. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 17, 2005
3/5
Daniel Eagan Film Journal International Jun 21, 2005
4/5
Excellent baseball comedy about a scientist who perfects a pitching potion Go to Full Review
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Harry W Jan 16, 2019 Blobbo favorite baseball movie.
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Cast & Crew

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Lloyd Bacon

Director

Ray Milland

Prof. Vernon K. Simpson

Jean Peters

Deborah Greenleaf

Paul Douglas

Monk Lanigan

Ed Begley

Edgar Stone

Ted de Corsia

Manager Jimmy Dolan

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It Happens Every Spring

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Movie Info

Synopsis A college chemistry professor, Vernon Simpson (Ray Milland), invents a substance that keeps insects away from wood. But after a baseball crashes through the window and gets coated in the fluid, Simpson discovers that the ball repels wood. To further his experiment, Simpson tries out as a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals and becomes a master of the screwball, propelling him into the spotlight as a star player, much to the confusion of his fiancée, Deborah (Jean Peters).
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Producer
William Perlberg
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 10, 1949, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2014
Runtime
1h 27m
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