Reaching for the Moon
5.4
“What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.”
Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love and coached by his valet, follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a 'love potion', work their magic.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Larry Day
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
The Mark of Zorro
Bebe Daniels
Vivien Benton
Known for
42nd Street
The Maltese Falcon
Edward Everett Horton
Roger, the Valet
Known for
The Bullwinkle Show
Top Hat
Claud Allister
Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Reluctant Dragon
Jack Mulhall
Jimmy Carrington
Known for
Black Friday
Invisible Ghost
Walter Walker
James Benton
Known for
Flying Down to Rio
Dangerous
June MacCloy
Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
Known for
Go West
Helen Jerome Eddy
Larry's Secretary
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mata Hari
Bing Crosby
Bing
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
White Christmas
William H. O'Brien
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Known for
Monkey Business
Elmer Gantry
Dennis O'Keefe
Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
Known for
The Leopard Man
Raw Deal
Lloyd Whitlock
Associate (uncredited)
Also in
The Lucky Texan
West of the Divide
Edmund Goulding Director · Elsie Janis Writer Irving Berlin Story
United States release December 29, 1930 · Produced in United States · Production United Artists Pictures
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 29, 1930
Theatrical
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