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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

Runtime : 1H 31M

Director : Edmund Goulding

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Larry Day
Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels
Vivien Benton
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
Roger, the Valet
Claud Allister
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)

Crews

Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding
Director
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
Story
Edmund Goulding
Edmund Goulding
Writer
Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis
Additional Dialogue
Ray June
Ray June
Director of Photography
Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis
Writer
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Producer
Robert H. Planck
Robert H. Planck
Cinematography
Hal C. Kern
Hal C. Kern
Editor
Lloyd Nosler
Lloyd Nosler
Editor
Julia Heron
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
William Cameron Menzies
William Cameron Menzies
Production Design
David Cox
David Cox
Costume Designer

Trailers and other movies

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