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Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

# What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.
Comedy   Music   Romance
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1930-12-29
⌚ Running Time: 73 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

Douglas Fairbanks original image
Larry Day
Douglas Fairbanks
Bebe Daniels original image
Vivien Benton
Bebe Daniels
Edward Everett Horton original image
Roger, the Valet
Edward Everett Horton
Claud Allister original image
Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Claud Allister
Jack Mulhall original image
Jimmy Carrington
Jack Mulhall
Walter Walker original image
James Benton
Walter Walker
June MacCloy original image
Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
June MacCloy
Helen Jerome Eddy original image
Larry's Secretary
Helen Jerome Eddy
Bing Crosby original image
Bing
Bing Crosby
William H. O'Brien original image
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Dennis O'Keefe original image
Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Lloyd Whitlock original image
Associate (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
Emmett Corrigan original image
Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)
Emmett Corrigan
Toshia Mori original image
Coat Girl (uncredited)
Toshia Mori
Florence Wix original image
Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)
Florence Wix

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