It Happens Every Spring |  | Director: Lloyd Bacon
Actors: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia
Category: DVD
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Rating:  14 reviews
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Region: 1
Running Time: 87 Minutes
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Cheating? Who's cheating? When an egghead chemistry professor (Ray Milland) stumbles upon a formula for making baseballs resistant to the touch of wood, he sneaks a little onto a pitcher's glove and for a time has a career throwing from a major league mound. Set aside ethical concerns: this light comedy is in an Absent-Minded Professor mold, with balls clownishly, impossibly dancing around the swing of batters. (Besides that, the climax requires an act of minor heroism on the prof's part when the magic suddenly isn't there.) Directed by Lloyd Bacon (42nd Street), the movie is a lot of fun for all ages and proves that you can make kids hysterical with silly action without wrapping a stupid, crude story around it. With Ed Begley, Alan Hale Jr., and Paul Douglas. --Tom Keogh
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 Who Needs Steroids? February 26, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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. In one respect, it's very up-to-date: cheating in baseball!
But, if you are a baseball fan or know anything about the game, be prepared. The actors in here have NO CLUE how to throw a baseball or how to bat. 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 story is at its funniest when Ray Milland pitches and the ball dispy- doodles around the baseball bats of all the hitters. The college professor had invented a substance in his classroom lab that when applied to something makes it avoid touching wood, so swabbed on a baseball, a bat could never make contact with the ball! Presto.....Milland goes from geek to baseball hero - without steroids, too (although it's still cheating).
Dumb...but innocent fun and definitely has enough laughs to make it worthwhile watching. Before every couple baseball seasons, I put this tape in the machine and laugh. It's got a lot of charm. I'd buy the DVD if someone would put it out!
 Great Baseball Comedy February 29, 2008
Timothy M. Terpening
A must see if you are a baseball fan or a fan of comedy and wonderful endings. The only thing that would make it better is if it were on DVD.
DVD Please! June 1, 2007
L. M. Indy Schneider (Japan)
One of my favorite films as a kid. I have been searching for it on NetFlix and DVD for years. Amazon, use your clout and lobby for a DVD, please!
NOT THIS SPRING! April 5, 2007
Private Dick (midwest, U.S.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Well, it did`nt happen this spring, at least on DVD. Maybe next spring, as most fans say in October, theres always next year. Hope springs eternal. "Angles in the Outfield", "Kill the Umpire", why not this one?
A classic movie everyone should see January 5, 2007
George T. Warner (Lititz, PA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great, classic movie. Everyone should see it at least once. Certainly, baseball fans should see it.
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