Reaching for the Moon (1930)
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Directors
Edmund Goulding
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Claud Allister
The story
thumb|thumbtime=10|Reaching for the Moon (1930) Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet Roger. 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.
Genres
Musical, Romantic Comedy, musical film
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