Reaching for the Moon(Movie, 1930)

Name: Reaching for the Moon
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
Released: 1930
Duration: T01:31:00
Rating: 3.1

1h 31min | Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Reaching for the Moon is a 1930 American pre-Code black and white musical film. Originally released at 91 minutes; surviving versions are usually cut to 62 minutes. A 74-minute version aired in 1998 on AMC. The DVD version runs just under 72 minutes. The film's working title was Lucky Break and is known as Para alcanzar la Luna in Spain. It is not to be confused with the Fairbanks silent film Reaching for the Moon (1917). ()

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About Reaching for the Moon

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.

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Trailer for Reaching for the Moon + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Reaching for the Moon 1930 preview Trailer(Clip, 0:57)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: United Artists

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 7 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 12/29/1930

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Claud Allister, Jack Mulhall, Walter Walker, June MacCloy, Helen Jerome Eddy, Bing Crosby

Director: Edmund Goulding

Producer: Joseph M. Schenck, Douglas Fairbanks

Screenwriter: Edmund Goulding

Film Editor: Hal C. Kern

Director of Photography: Ray June

Composer: Alfred Newman

Keywords: pre-code, cocktail, wall street, socialite, ocean liner, love potion

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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1938 | 2.3/5 | 1h 7min