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Reaching for the Moon (1930)
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21 February 1931 (USA) morePlot:
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Merely five minutes of music, but a SUPERB five minutes moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Douglas Fairbanks | ... | Larry Day | |
| Bebe Daniels | ... | Vivien Benton | |
| Edward Everett Horton | ... | Roger, the Valet | |
| Claud Allister | ... | Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford | |
| Jack Mulhall | ... | Jimmy Carrington | |
| Walter Walker | ... | James Benton | |
| June MacCloy | ... | Kitty, Aero Girl With Long Earrings | |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | ... | Larry's Secretary | |
| Bing Crosby | ... | Bing |
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USA:74 min (shortened version) (songs deleted) | USA:91 min (original release) | Canada:66 min (Ontario)Country:
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1.20 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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United Artists Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Roger: There's a vast difference, sir, between the art of making money and the art of making... a lady. moreSoundtrack:
WHEN THE FOLKS HIGH-UP DO THE MEAN LOW-DOWN moreFAQ
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While this film was apparently issued as a musical, there is really only a single musical performance in the entire 66-minute version that I saw, lasting only about 4 or 5 minutes. The original issue apparently had more in it, and considering that it was Irving Berlin material, it's a great pity that more of it didn't remain.
That being said, however, the single production number that does come along, 45 minutes into the film, is easily worth the price of admission. Not only is it the earliest extant film version of a Bing Crosby performance (and I swear he was wearing a toupee, even then!), but his solo piece was wonderfully supported by a second from Bebe Daniels, and yet a third, from a sultry-voiced woman who is no longer recalled, and all of it given life by a jazzy dance troupe not as performers, but as actual dancers. It projects the storied Jazz Age with marvelous resonance, and is a joy to watch.