]They first rushed to Hagrid""s place to prevent the execution of Buckbeak by releasing the creature, and then at the Whomping Willow, it was shown that Hermione had howled like a werewolf to attract Lupin""s attention and save Sirius"" life.Frank Capra regarded this film as his own personal favorite - it was also James Stewart""s favorite of all his feature films.) freely grazing in the green valley.An announcement alerted them that the exhibits were closed and that hey must disembark and return to the resort."Guffy" McGovern (Paul Douglas), the brash and loud-mouthed manager of the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates, was confronted in Forbes Field one night by the voice of the Archangel Gabriel (James Whitmore), a representative of a celestial ballclub known as the Heavenly Choir Nine; in exchange for winning ballgames with helpful but invisible angelic player-ghosts, the belligerent Guffy was required o become a changed man and cut back on his swearing and fighting; it was revealed that orphaned girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran) had prayed for the winning miracles, and the story broke nationwide by news-columnist Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh); the film was remade and modernized by Disney in 1994Rhubarb (1951), a family screwball comedy with the subtitle "The Millionaire Tom-Cat" - starring Ray Milland and Jan Sterling; it was about a feral but loveable cat named Rhubarb who inherited a pro-baseball team - the Brooklyn LoonsThe Winning Team (1952),Warner Bros"" fanciful story of the big-league "Alex the Great" - a farmer-turned-pitcher named Grover Cleveland Alexander (Ronald Reagan), who pitched for the Philadelphia Nationals (Phillies), the Chicago Cubs, and the St.