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Reaching for the Moon

5.719301h 13mNRMovieComedyMusicRomance

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.

DirectorEdmund Goulding
WritersIrving Berlin·Edmund Goulding
ProducerDouglas Fairbanks

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Cast · Directed by Edmund Goulding

DFDouglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Larry Day
BDBebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels
Vivien Benton
EHEdward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
Roger, the Valet
CA
Claud Allister
Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
JMJack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall
Jimmy Carrington
WWWalter Walker
Walter Walker
James Benton
JMJune MacCloy
June MacCloy
Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
HEHelen Jerome Eddy
Helen Jerome Eddy
Larry's Secretary
BCBing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Bing
WOWilliam H. O'Brien
William H. O'Brien
Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
DODennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe
Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
LWLloyd Whitlock
Lloyd Whitlock
Associate (uncredited)

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