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Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

★ 5.8/10•1930•1h 13m•NR•Comedy•Music•Romance

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

Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love and coached by his valet, follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a 'love potion', work their magic.

Edmund Goulding · Writer

Edmund Goulding · Director

Elsie Janis · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 13m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 29, 1930

Actors

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Larry Day

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Vivien Benton

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Roger, the Valet

Claud Allister

Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford

Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Jimmy Carrington

Walter Walker

Walter Walker

James Benton

June MacCloy

June MacCloy

Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings

Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

Larry's Secretary

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Bing

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

Lloyd Whitlock

Associate (uncredited)

Emmett Corrigan

Emmett Corrigan

Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)

Toshia Mori

Toshia Mori

Coat Girl (uncredited)

Florence Wix

Florence Wix

Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)

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