it happens every spring

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It Happens Every Spring Directed by Lloyd Bacon Produced by William Perlberg Written by Valentine Davies (story & screenplay) Starring Ray Milland

Jean Peters

Paul Douglas Music by Leigh Harline Cinematography Joseph MacDonald Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) June 10, 1949 Running time 87 minutes Language
English IMDb • Allmovie

It Happens Every Spring is a movie which was made in 1949. The story is completely fictitious, and the main character King Kelly is not based on or related to the actual player.

Plot

A college professor is working on a long term experiment when a baseball comes through the window destroying all of his glassware. The resultant fluid causes the baseball to be repelled by wood. Suddenly, he realizes the possibilities and takes a leave of absence to go to St. Louis to pitch in the big leagues where he becomes a star and propels his team to the World Series. It stars Ray Milland as the professor, Paul Douglas as catcher Monk Lanigan and Jean Peters.

Trivia

Despite the fact the Cardinals are the home team, some of the shots in the movie are of Wrigley Field

External links It Happens Every Spring at the Internet Movie Database It Happens Every Spring at Allmovie The Internet Archive holds a radio adaptation of the film, originally broadcast on October 3, 1949 by Lux Radio Theater. [show] v • d • eAmerican films by year Actors · Directors · Animation · Cinematographers · Composers · Editors · Films A–Z · Producers · Screenwriters 1890s · 1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909 ·
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