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Reaching for the Moon

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.

1h 13m1930NRTMDb 5.8

ComedyMusicRomance

English

Crew and Cast

Edmund GouldingEdmund GouldingDirectorDouglas FairbanksDouglas FairbanksLarry DayBebe DanielsBebe DanielsVivien BentonEdward Everett HortonEdward Everett HortonRoger · the Valet
Claud AllisterSir Horace Partington ChelmsfordJack MulhallJack MulhallJimmy Carrington
Walter WalkerJames BentonJune MacCloyJune MacCloyKitty · Aero Girl With Long EarringsHelen Jerome EddyHelen Jerome EddyLarry's SecretaryBing CrosbyBing CrosbyBingWilliam H. O'BrienWilliam H. O'BrienServant Telling Larry London is CallingDennis O'KeefeDennis O'KeefeShip's Party GuestLloyd WhitlockLloyd WhitlockAssociateEmmett CorriganEmmett CorriganTimothy Grovener · Bank PresidentToshia MoriToshia MoriCoat GirlFlorence WixFlorence WixOutraged Mother at Ship's Party

Storyline

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.

  • United Artists

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Info

Status
Released
Released
29 December 1930
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
5.8 / 10 (14 votes)

Production

Director
Edmund Goulding
Writers
Irving Berlin, Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis
Studios
United Artists
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English