It Happens Every Spring

1950 film by Lloyd Bacon
Movie film Q3927029
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Summary

It Happens Every Spring is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (586 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Lloyd Bacon[3]
  • Screenwriter: Valentine Davies[4]
  • Composer: Leigh Harline[5]
  • Genre: science fiction comedy[6], science fiction film[7]
  • Cast member: Ray Milland[8], Jean Peters[9], Paul Douglas[10], Ed Begley[11], Ted de Corsia[12], Ray Collins[13], Jessie Royce Landis[14], Debra Paget[15], Alan Hale, Jr.[16], Gene Evans[17], Mae Marsh[18], Edward Keane[19], Douglas Spencer[20]
  • Producer: William Perlberg[21]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[22]
  • Director of photography: Joseph MacDonald[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[25]
  • Review score: 7/10[26], 88%[27]
  • Color: black-and-white[28]
  • Country of origin: United States[29]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1950[30]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[31], Fandango at Home[32]
  • Narrative location: St. Louis[33]
  • Main subject: baseball[34]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story[35]
  • Title: It Happens Every Spring[36]
  • Duration: 87 minutes[37]
  • P14449: 30808[38]
  • P14821: 41514[39]

Why It Matters

It Happens Every Spring has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pt']
    Ampas collections film id → W082099
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 41514
    Filmová databáze film id → 179735
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → baseball
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 30808
    Producer → William Perlberg
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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