Comedy ·Music ·Romance · United States of America · 1930 · 1h 13m

Reaching for the Moon

Director

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks as Larry Day Bebe Daniels as Vivien Benton Edward Everett Horton as Roger, the Valet Claud Allister as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford Jack Mulhall as Jimmy Carrington Walter Walker as James Benton

Crew

Ray June — Director of Photography Hal C. Kern — Editor Lloyd Nosler — Editor Edmund Goulding — Writer Elsie Janis — Writer Irving Berlin — Story

Tagline

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

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Edmund Goulding Director Ray June Director of Photography Hal C. Kern Editor Lloyd Nosler Editor Edmund Goulding Writer Elsie Janis Writer Irving Berlin Story Douglas Fairbanks Producer William Cameron Menzies Production Design

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