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57% Critic Match
Reaching for the Moon
“What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.”
5.7 / 10• 1930• 1h 13m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Douglas Fairbanks
Larry Day
Lead
Bebe Daniels
Vivien Benton
Edward Everett Horton
Roger, the Valet
CA
Claud Allister
Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Jack Mulhall
Jimmy Carrington
Walter Walker
James Benton
June MacCloy
Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
Helen Jerome Eddy
Larry's Secretary
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edmund Goulding's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Reaching for the Moon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
