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It Happens Every Spring (1949)
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8 August 1949 (Sweden) morePlot:
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Entertaining But Brutally Bad Baseball moreCast
(Credited cast)| Ray Milland | ... | Prof. Vernon K. Simpson aka King Kelly | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Deborah Greenleaf | |
| Paul Douglas | ... | Monk Lanigan | |
| Ed Begley | ... | Edgar Stone | |
| Ted de Corsia | ... | Manager Jimmy Dolan | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Prof. Alfred Greenleaf | |
| Jessie Royce Landis | ... | Mrs. Greenleaf | |
| Alan Hale Jr. | ... | Schmidt | |
| William Murphy | ... | Tommy Isabell (as Bill Murphy) |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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All the baseball teams are identified by their city but never by their nicknames. Even the home team uniforms, which should have the team nicknames, list the city instead. The reason is because the commissioner of baseball, Happy Chandler, would not sanctioned the movie because of the cheating element in the movie. So 20th Century could not use the the name of the teams or even use cameo baseball player walk ons like the studio wanted to do. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Vernon asks his two students to meet him on the baseball field at 5am. No where in the US is it light at 5am in the spring. moreQuotes:
Manager Jimmy Dolan: [Kelly has just walked off the field in the middle of a game and Jimmy wants to fine him] Kelly's not indispensable!Monk Lanigan: I know, but the team can't get along without him.
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I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover moreFAQ
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Talk about dated! However, that's not a knock because dated many times means fun to watch, and nostalgic for some. This is an entertaining film and very likable.
But, if you are a baseball fan or know anything about the game, be prepared. This has the hokiest baseball scenes ever put on film. It's almost like those corny Ed Wood and others sci-fi films of the 1950s that are so bad, so corny that they are good, if you know what I mean.
The actors in here have NO CLUE how to throw a baseball or how to bat. Ray Milland is a pitcher and the star of the show and he has no idea but his catcher, played by Paul Douglas, is worse. He is embarrassingly bad. You remember the expression, "He throws like a girl!?" Well, that's Douglas. You mean with all the actors in Hollywood, they couldn't find ONE who knows how to throw a baseball?
There are so many bloopers in here - like "St. Louis" being replaced by "Chicago" on the jerseys when there are long-distance shots. You could write a novel on all the filming mistakes in here.
Yet, it's just a lighthearted comedy and, if taken in that context, easier to swallow and enjoy. The story is at its funniest when Milland pitches and the ball dispy- doodles around the baseball bats of all the hitters. (He had invented a substance that applied to something makes it avoid touching wood, so applied to a baseball, a bat could never make contact.....and, yes, as one reviewer points out, that is cheating.)
Dumb...but innocent fun and definitely has enough laughs to make it worthwhile watching.