It Happens Every Spring
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It Happens Every Spring is a 1949 American baseball-themed fantasy comedy film about a chemistry professor who discovers a substance that makes baseballs avoid bats, leading him to become an unbeatable pitcher.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| It Happens Every Spring canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American film
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baseball film ⓘ fantasy comedy film ⓘ film ⓘ sports comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | unpublished novel by Shirley W. Smith ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Deborah Greenleaf
NERFINISHED
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Monk Lanigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Vernon K. Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Leo Tover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Leigh Harline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Lloyd Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Philip W. Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| genre |
baseball film
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comedy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| hasSport | baseball ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
baseball
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scientific discovery ⓘ underdog success ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Vernon K. Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | depicting a magical substance that makes baseballs avoid bats ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A chemistry professor discovers a substance that makes baseballs avoid bats and becomes an unbeatable pitcher. ⓘ |
| producer | William Perlberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | chemistry professor ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 87 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Lloyd C. Douglas
NERFINISHED
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Malvin Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ Val Burton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Major League Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Ed Begley
NERFINISHED
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Jean Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Milland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ted de Corsia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to late 1940s ⓘ |
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