Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon (1930)

What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.

  • Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1930-12-29
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 10 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: United Artists
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edmund Goulding
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Summary

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.

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  • Douglas Fairbanks

    as Larry Day
  • Bebe Daniels

    as Vivien Benton
  • Edward Everett Horton

    as Roger, the Valet
  • Claud Allister

    as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
  • Jack Mulhall

    as Jimmy Carrington
  • Walter Walker

    as James Benton
  • June MacCloy

    as Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
  • Helen Jerome Eddy

    as Larry's Secretary
  • Bing Crosby

    as Bing
  • William H. O'Brien

    as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
  • Dennis O'Keefe

    as Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
  • Lloyd Whitlock

    as Associate (uncredited)
  • Emmett Corrigan

    as Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)
  • Toshia Mori

    as Coat Girl (uncredited)
  • Florence Wix

    as Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)
Directing Edmund Goulding Director
Writing Irving Berlin Story
Crew Elsie Janis Additional Dialogue
Writing Edmund Goulding Writer
Art Julia Heron Set Decoration
Editing Lloyd Nosler Editor
Crew Robert H. Planck Cinematography
Costume & Make-Up David Cox Costume Designer
Production Douglas Fairbanks Producer
Editing Hal C. Kern Editor
Art William Cameron Menzies Production Design
Writing Elsie Janis Writer
Camera Ray June Director of Photography

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