Reaching for the Moon (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.
Director: Edmund Goulding
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Douglas Fairbanks as Larry Day |
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Bebe Daniels as Vivien Benton |
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Edward Everett Horton as Roger, the Valet |
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Claud Allister as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford |
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Jack Mulhall as Jimmy Carrington |
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Walter Walker as James Benton |
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June MacCloy as Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings |
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Helen Jerome Eddy as Larry's Secretary |
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Bing Crosby as Bing |
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William H. O'Brien as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited) |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Ship's Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Lloyd Whitlock as Associate (uncredited) |
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Emmett Corrigan as Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited) |
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Toshia Mori as Coat Girl (uncredited) |
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Florence Wix as Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited) |
| Writing | Irving Berlin | Story |
| Crew | Elsie Janis | Additional Dialogue |
| Writing | Edmund Goulding | Writer |
| Directing | Edmund Goulding | Director |
| Art | William Cameron Menzies | Production Design |
| Writing | Elsie Janis | Writer |
| Editing | Hal C. Kern | Editor |
| Editing | Lloyd Nosler | Editor |
| Art | Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Robert H. Planck | Cinematography |
| Production | Douglas Fairbanks | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Cox | Costume Designer |
| Camera | Ray June | Director of Photography |