Reaching for the Moon

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 13m

Genre

Comedy, Music, Romance

Release Date

29 Dec 1930

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Streaming On

Director & Producers

Edmund Goulding
Director

Douglas Fairbanks
Producer

Top Billed 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)

Technical Team

Irving Berlin
Story

Edmund Goulding
Writer

Elsie Janis
Writer Hal C. Kern
Editor Lloyd Nosler
Editor Ray June
Director of Photography

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