Reaching for the Moon

Story

Synopsis

A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.

Director

John Emerson

Writers

John Emerson, Anita Loos

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 November 1917

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Douglas Fairbanks

  Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown

• 

  Eileen Percy

  Elsie Merrill

• Richard Cummings

  Old Bingham the Boss

• 

  Millard Webb

  Mr. Mann

• Eugene Ormonde

  Sergius Badinoff the Prime

• 

  Frank Campeau

  Black Boris