Reaching for the Moon

5.375

73 minutes

12/29/1930

Overview

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 List

Douglas Fairbanks
as Larry Day
Bebe Daniels
as Vivien Benton
Edward Everett Horton
as Roger, the Valet
Claud Allister
as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Jack Mulhall
as Jimmy Carrington
Walter Walker
as James Benton
June MacCloy
as Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Larry's Secretary
Bing Crosby
as Bing
William H. O'Brien
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
as Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
as Associate (uncredited)
Emmett Corrigan
as Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)
Toshia Mori
as Coat Girl (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)