1940s Baseball Movie
It Happens Every Spring is a comedy that I watched growing up every spring for years. I just loved this movie. Ray Milland plays a college chemistry professor. When a errant baseball breaks the glassware holding liquid being used in experiments, Kelly realizes that the liquid repels wood. He bottles the liquid and leaves for St Louis to try out for a spot in their pitching rotation. Rubbing the liquid on a palm of his pitching glove, each thrown ball is missed when the batter swings his wooden Louisville Slugger. Kelly becomes an immediate success and as the season progresses, the team moves up in the standings. Kelly's team reach the World Series just as he is running out of the liquid. Will St. Louis win the World Series? This is a zany, wacky precursor to The Absent Minded Professor. This film can be obtained from Amazon as a VHS tape. Hopefully, it will be shown on a a classic movie channel sometime this month.
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