Heavenly Body (M.G.M.) unexpectedly translates dapper William Powell into an absent-minded astronomer. He spends all night every night up at the observatory, mousing around with comets. His wife (Hedy Lamarr) sits home (as Astronomer Powell occasionally ascertains by a glance through his spare telescope), all undressed and no place to go. Then star-crossed Miss Lamarr falls into the hands of a female astrologer (Fay Bainter) who predicts the coming of an Ideal Lover so convincingly that Miss Lamarr mistakes the handiest air-raid warden (James Craig) for journey's end.
Shuddering with jealousy, Astronomer...
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