"New meaning is brought to the expression 'screwball comedy' in this delightful baseball film and precursor to the Disney Fred MacMurray Absent-Minded Professor-Flubber saga. Ray Milland stars as Vernon Simpson, an underpaid chemistry professor at a midwestern college who invents a substance which makes pitches literally unhittable. Simpson becomes a highly unlikely overnight pitching sensation and the audience can delight in his entry into the world of the baseball diamond. Paul Douglas provides the backstop to the action as Monk Lanigan, Simpson's roommate and catcher in a performance worthy of Yogi Berra's praise. It Happens Every Spring has sustained interest for baseball fans and film fans alike, this in great part due to Lloyd Bacon's fast-paced direction, well-executed field action sequences, and the film's overall infectious good spirit." --Jon Winet