by Jason Ankeny
synopsis
Lloyd Bacon's baseball comedy stars Ray Milland as Vernon Simpson, a chemist who develops a product which repels wood. Signing on with a major league team as a pitcher, he throws screwballs doctored with his solution, becoming a sensation who strikes out every batter he faces.
characteristics
- Baseball
- Pitcher [sports]
- Pitching [sports]
- Cinderella Stories
- Wishes Come True
- Team
- Victory
- Underdogs
- Get-rich-quick-scheme
- Professor
- World-Series
- Chemicals
