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Reaching for the Moon
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Produced (directed) by John Emerson
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown], Eileen Percy [Elsie Merrill], Eugene Ormonde [Foreign Minister of Vulgaria], Frank Campeau [Black Boris], Richard Cummings [‘Old Man’ Bingham], Millard Webb [Mr. Mann], Charles Stevens [Boris’ lieutenant], Erich von Stroheim [Prince Badinoff’s aide in a white uniform], [?] ? [Princess Valentina, Guineviera Cavalieri Antionetta Beatrixz de Caucasia], Bull Montana [a bus passenger], Joe Brooks, Jim Hogan, Keene Thompson
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Artcraft Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Douglas Fairbanks. Photoplay (scenario) by Anita Loos and John Emerson, [?] from a screen story by Joseph Henabery? Settings designed (art direction) by Wilfred Buckland. Technical consultant, Erich von Stroheim. Photography (cinematography) by Victor Fleming and Sam Landers + [Harry Thorpe]. Camera assistant, Glen MacWilliams. Film editor, William Shea. Presented by Artcraft Pictures Corporation. / © 7 November 1917 by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation [LP11685]. Released 18 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.3643.
Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Ambition - Buttons - Cabinet ministers - Clerks - Crime: Murder (Attempted) - Dismissals - Dreams - Duels - Factories - Kingdoms (Mythical) - Marriages (Arranged) - Philosophy - Royalty - USA: New Jersey, New York (New York) - Usurpers
Listing updated: 24 February 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.3643; Bardèche-History p. 115; Limbacher-Feature p. 199 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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