Reaching for the Moon

What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.

NR19301h 13m5.4Movie

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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.

Cast

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)

Trailer

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