Reaching for the Moon
What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.
1930 | 73m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Edmund Goulding |
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| Writer: | Elsie Janis, Edmund Goulding, Irving Berlin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 29, 1930 |
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| Director: | Edmund Goulding |
| Writer: | Elsie Janis, Edmund Goulding, Irving Berlin |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Music |
| Keywords | ocean liner, wall street, cocktail, socialite, pre-code, love potion |
| Production Companies | United Artists |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Elsie Janis | Writer, Additional Dialogue |
| Edmund Goulding | Director, Writer |
| Irving Berlin | Story |
| William Cameron Menzies | Production Design |
| Ray June | Director of Photography |
| Robert H. Planck | Cinematography |
| Hal C. Kern | Editor |
| Lloyd Nosler | Editor |
| Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| David Cox | Costume Designer |
| Name | Title |
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| Douglas Fairbanks | Producer |
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