Reaching for the Moon (1930)
1930 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. Edmund Goulding
What excitement! What novelty! What modern day splendor. Fairbanks in a three-mile-a-minute comedy-drama.
- musical film
Synopsis
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 1917 Fairbanks silent film Reaching for the Moon.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Edmund Goulding
- Writer
- Irving Berlin
- Cinematography
- Ray June
- Studio
- United Artists
- Released
- 1930-12-29
- Running time
- 66 minutes
Cast & crew
Edmund Goulding Director
Walter Walker
Jack Mulhall
June MacCloy
Edward Everett Horton
Claud Allister
Bebe Daniels
Helen Jerome Eddy
Douglas Fairbanks
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Spiked drinks, acrobatics and the stock market crash · picfixer · 2011-10-19
The good news: This is a lively romantic comedy with snappy pre-code dialog. There even is a fleeting glimpse of overt lesbianism. Excellent production values including a series of lavish art deco sets. A large cast is headed by Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.), Bebe Daniels and the great Edward Everett Horton. Bing Crosby's third feature film appearance. Walter Brennan (uncredited) appears briefly as a reporter. Don't blink or you'll miss Dennis O'Keefe's uncredited appearance as a party guest. The fast-paced plot has financial genius Douglas Fairbanks in hot pursuit of cold fish Bebe Daniels, during…
★★ · Love the musical number.... · Blade_Runner · 2011-12-08
But to be honest I found the plot quite flimsy compared to other comedy romances of the early 30's. I'm not surprised Douglas Sr. is not really as well know for his sound movies. His style of acting and comedy seems really dated. He doesn't really have a leading man voice and lacks the right sort of charisma to be leading man in a sound film. What the hell was he doing jumping up on the walls?
