Reaching for the Moon (1930 film)
Reaching for the Moon is a 1930 American PreCode black and white musical film. Originally released at 91 minutes surviving versions are usually cut to 62 minutes. A 74minute version aired in 1998 on USA cable channel AMC. The DVD version runs just under 72 minutes. The films working title was Lucky Break and is known as Para alcanzar la Luna in Spain. It is not to be confused with the Fairbanks silent film, Reaching for the Moon 1917.
The one song that was retained was When the Folks High Up Do the Mean Low Down introduced by Bing Crosby who had filmed it late at night after completing his work at the Cocoanut Grove. Variety commented on this song specifically, saying None of the Berlin songs is left other than a chorus of hot numbers apparently named Lower Than Lowdown sic. Tune suddenly breaks into the running in the ships bar when Bing Crosby, of the Whiteman Rhythm Boys, gives it a strong start for just a chorus which, in turn, is ably picked up by Miss Daniels, also for merely a chorus, and then in an exterior shot to the deck where June MacCloy sends the lyric and melody for a gallop of half a chorus.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. ........
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