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Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Reaching for the Moon poster
Directed by
Edmund Goulding
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy socialite falls for a man she meets on a cruise. They sing and dance through a series of romantic complications.

lightheartedupbeatwhimsicalold-fashionedbreezymusicalromanticfast-paced

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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