Movie·1930·1h 13m
Reaching for the Moon
What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.
Written By
Elsie Janis
Producer
Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematography
Ray June
Editor
Lloyd Nosler
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
13 votes
Where to watch
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// cast
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks
Larry Day
Bebe Daniels
Vivien Benton
Edward Everett Horton
Roger, the Valet
Claud Allister
Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Jack Mulhall
Jimmy Carrington
Walter Walker
James Benton
June MacCloy
Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
Helen Jerome Eddy
Larry's Secretary
Bing Crosby
Bing
William H. O'Brien
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
Associate (uncredited)
Emmett Corrigan
Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)
Toshia Mori
Coat Girl (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Edmund Goulding
Director, Writer
Irving Berlin
Story
Lloyd Nosler
Editor
Douglas Fairbanks
Producer
Hal C. Kern
Editor
Elsie Janis
Writer
Ray June
Director of Photography
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