

Reaching for the Moon
1930 · Movie · 1h 13m · NR
ComedyMusicRomance
"What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
Key crew
- Edmund GouldingWriter
- Edmund GouldingDirector
- Elsie JanisWriter
Cast
- Douglas FairbanksLarry Day
- Bebe DanielsVivien Benton
- Edward Everett HortonRoger, the Valet
- Claud AllisterSir Horace Partington Chelmsford
- Jack MulhallJimmy Carrington
- Walter WalkerJames Benton
- June MacCloyKitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
- Helen Jerome EddyLarry's Secretary
- Bing CrosbyBing
- William H. O'BrienServant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
- Dennis O'KeefeShip's Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lloyd WhitlockAssociate (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
ocean linerwall streetcocktailsocialitepre-codelove potion























