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.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

as Larry Day

Bebe Daniels

as Vivien Benton

Edward Everett Horton

as Roger, the Valet

Claud Allister

as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford

Jack Mulhall

as Jimmy Carrington

Walter Walker

as James Benton

June MacCloy

as Kitty - Aero Girl With Long Earrings

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Larry's Secretary

Bing Crosby

as Bing

William H. O'Brien

as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)

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