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1930 1h 13m

Reaching for the Moon

Directed by Edmund Goulding

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 that he has also lost his girl.

Production 1

Douglas Fairbanks
Producer
Denver, Colorado, United States

Writing 3

Irving Berlin
Story
Mogilev, Belarus, Russian Empire
Edmund Goulding
Writer
Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK
Elsie Janis
Writer

Directing 1

Edmund Goulding
Director
Feltham, Middlesex, England, UK