Reaching for the Moon

Edmund Goulding
1930-12-29

What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.
5.8
73 min

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

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