Reaching for the Moon

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

5.4/1019301h 13mReleased

ComedyMusicRomance

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.

Released: Dec 29, 1930

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Douglas Fairbanks

Larry Day

Bebe Daniels

Vivien Benton

Edward Everett Horton

Roger, the Valet

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