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Reaching for the moon
Title
Reaching for the moon [electronic resource] / directed by John Emerson ; produced by David Shepard and Douglas Fairbanks.
Published
Los Angeles : Flicker Alley, 1917.
Physical Description
1 online resource (69 min.).
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Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Silent film online). Available via World Wide Web.
This edition silent with English intertitles and musical background.
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Summary
Douglas Fairbanks came from Broadway to the movies in 1915 when high salaries were luring well-known stage actors to the new feature-length pictures. Although most of these performers failed to 'register' on camera and returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, his ingratiating smile, his graceful, acrobatic stunts (he did his own), clever writing, and accomplished staging rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. He produced 3 films for Artcraft/Famous Players-Lasky Corp., including Reaching for the Moon (1917), starring Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, and Richard Cummings. Fairbanks is a factory worker who discovers he is the heir to the throne of a small European kingdom and his struggle to secure the inheritance.
Other formats
Previously released as DVD.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 15, 2014
Series
Silent film online
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