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Reaching for the Moon
Released: December 29, 1930 (1930)
Runtime: 73 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Walter Walker as James Benton
Age at release: 66
- Douglas Fairbanks as Larry Day
Age at release: 47
- Edward Everett Horton as Roger, the Valet
Age at release: 44
- Jack Mulhall as Jimmy Carrington
Age at release: 43
- Claud Allister as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Age at release: 42
- William H. O'Brien as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Larry's Secretary
Age at release: 33
- Bebe Daniels as Vivien Benton
Age at release: 29
- Bing Crosby as Bing
Age at release: 27
- June MacCloy as Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings
Age at release: 21
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- Emmett Corrigan as Timothy Grovener - Bank President (uncredited)
Age at release: 59
- Florence Wix as Outraged Mother at Ship's Party (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- Lloyd Whitlock as Associate (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
- Dennis O'Keefe as Ship's Party Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
- Toshia Mori as Coat Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 18