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Reaching for the Moon

Dir. Edmund Goulding·1930·1h 13m

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.

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Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Edmund Goulding

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1h 13m
Cross-source blend ~57/100

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United States of America

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5.7/10

13 votes

Rating consensus

57/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~57/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

Larry Day

Bebe Daniels

Vivien Benton

Edward Everett Horton

Roger, the Valet

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

Bing Crosby

Bing

William H. O'Brien

Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

Associate (uncredited)

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