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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instanceOf American film
baseball film
fantasy comedy film
film
sports comedy film
basedOn unpublished novel by Shirley W. Smith
blackAndWhite true
character Deborah Greenleaf NERFINISHED
Monk Lanigan NERFINISHED
Vernon K. Simpson NERFINISHED
cinematographer Leo Tover NERFINISHED
composer Leigh Harline NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfRelease United States of America
surface form: United States
director Lloyd Bacon NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
editor Philip W. Anderson NERFINISHED
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
genre baseball film
comedy
fantasy
sports
hasSport baseball
hasTheme baseball
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
Malvin Wald NERFINISHED
Val Burton NERFINISHED
setting Major League Baseball NERFINISHED
starredActor Ed Begley NERFINISHED
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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Paul Douglas notableWork It Happens Every Spring