The Heavenly Body (1943)

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In this light romantic comedy, William B. Whitley (William Powell) is an astronomer who is very excited about his latest discovery, a comet that has been named after him. However, Whitley has been so busy tracking the course of his comet as its path leads straight into the moon that he's been… More In this light romantic comedy, William B. Whitley (William Powell) is an astronomer who is very excited about his latest discovery, a comet that has been named after him. However, Whitley has been so busy tracking the course of his comet as its path leads straight into the moon that he's been ignoring his new wife, Vicky (Hedy Lamarr). Bored and lonely, one day Vicky visits an astrologer who informs her that she will -- on a specific day -- meet a handsome stranger, and they will fall in love. A bit perplexed at this news, Vicky shares the astrologer's report with William; however, he's so appalled that she would waste her time on pseudo-scientific hooey like astrology that he storms out of the house, moving into his observatory for a few days. On the predicted day, Vicky is wondering what happened to her dream man when an air raid warden, Lloyd Hunter (James Craig), shows up to confront Vicky and ends up going inside her house and shutting off her lights. Vicky and Lloyd strike up a conversation, and she begins to realize that he could well be the man the astrologer predicted she would meet; Vicky is interested in him, but just as he's leaving, William returns. William, however, senses that Vicky is infatuated with Lloyd, and he quickly hatches a devious plan to win back her good graces. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Alexander Hall
Genres: Romance, Classics, Comedy

In Theaters: Mar 23, 1944 Wide
Studio: Warner Bros

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jay n

Hedy ravishing, Bill Powell as adroit as ever, script about what you'd expect but well played.

Cast

            William Powell as William B. Whitley

            Hedy Lamarr as Vicky Whitley

            James Craig as Lloyd X. Hunter

            Fay Bainter as Margaret Sibyll

            Henry O'Neill as Prof. Stowe

            Spring Byington as Nancy Potter

            Robert Sully as Strand

            Morris Ankrum as Dr. Green

            Franco Corsaro as Sebastian Melas

            Connie Gilchrist as Beulah Murphy

            Marietta Canty as Pearl Harrison

            Wheaton Chambers as Old Gentleman

            André Charlot as Dr. Burns

            Elspeth Dudgeon as Lady

            Rex Evans as Goering--Photo Insert

            Helen Freeman as Stella

            Gus Glassmire as Scientist

            Buddy Gorman as Newsboy

            Howard Hickman
            
            Gertrude W. Hoffman as Mrs. Potter's Mother

            Phyllis Kennedy as Ethel

            Bertram Marburgh as Old Man

            Alex Melesh as Vladimir

            Howard Mitchell as Nicholas

            Cliff Nazarro as Milkman

            Ralph Sanford
            
            Earl Schenck as Forbes

            John Sheehan as Cop

            Arthur Space as Pierson

            Henry Sylvester
            
            Bobby Watson as Hitler--Photo Insert

            Max Willenz as Dr. Gurtchakoff

            Jack George as Accompanist

            Evelyn Dockson as Maid

            Lloyd Ford as Ethel's Husband

            Stewart Nicodemus as Willie

            John Elliott as Prof. Collier
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