Reaching for the Moon

A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

Eileen Percy

as Elsie Merrill

Richard Cummings

as Old Bingham the Boss

Millard Webb

as Mr. Mann

Eugene Ormonde

as Sergius Badinoff the Prime

Frank Campeau

as Black Boris

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