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The Heavenly Body

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William (William Powell) is an astronomer hot on the trail of a comet he just discovered. His wife, Vicky (Hedy Lamarr), feels neglected by the busy man, so she looks to astrology to see if she can truly be happy with her husband. But the stars say she will have a new man in her life, which suddenly looks more likely when William leaves the house, angry that his wife believes in astrology, while military officer Lloyd (James Craig) moves into the neighborhood and catches Vicky's eye.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A contrived lamebrain wartime comedy. Rated: C Aug 22, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member With the witty Bill Powell and the ever-lovely Miss Lamarr how can anyone not rate this at least Passable? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Steve D Not without its moments but it gets old fast. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Powell is always good. Lamarr was lackluster. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Rather bland screwball comedy is made more watchable than it deserves by the brilliant William Powell and to a lesser degree Hedy Lamarr. Not a bad film, but pretty average outside of it's stars. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It was cute. Silly at times, but a valuable lesson can be drawn from this. Pay attention to your wife or you could lose her! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member good stuff hedy & powell click together Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis William (William Powell) is an astronomer hot on the trail of a comet he just discovered. His wife, Vicky (Hedy Lamarr), feels neglected by the busy man, so she looks to astrology to see if she can truly be happy with her husband. But the stars say she will have a new man in her life, which suddenly looks more likely when William leaves the house, angry that his wife believes in astrology, while military officer Lloyd (James Craig) moves into the neighborhood and catches Vicky's eye.
Director
Alexander Hall
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 17, 2009
Runtime
1h 35m