Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

91 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Dec. 29, 1930

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.

Reaching for the Moon

91 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Dec. 29, 1930

Reaching for the Moon
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers United Artists
Original title Reaching for the Moon
Directors Edmund Goulding
Writers Elsie Janis, Edmund Goulding, Irving Berlin

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

June MacCloy

as Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Larry's Secretary

Bing Crosby

as Bing

William H. O'Brien

as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

as Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

as Associate (uncredited)

Emmett Corrigan

as Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)

Toshia Mori

as Coat Girl (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)