Showing posts with label Bebe Daniels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bebe Daniels. Show all posts

11/01/2009

Reaching for the Moon (1930)

A funny pre-code screwball comedy about high society, starring Douglas Fairbanks. One of the best scenes features some witty banter between June MacCloy and Jack Mulhall at a party.

At the same party, Bebe Daniels takes a liking to Fairbanks, a Wall Street millionaire, and even tracks him down at work one day.

Mulhall (playing Fairbanks' assistant) arranges a date between them, which results in Fairbanks boarding a cruise ship to woo her, not without the help of his valet, Edward Everett Horton, who hilariously teaches him a thing or two about romance.

While trying to enjoy himself at sea, the stock market crashes, and complicates matters.

Bing Crosby has a cameo as a singer on the ship in upbeat musical number. This was before he got really famous. It's strange to see him in such a small role like this.









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