{"product_id":"reaching-for-the-moon-silent","title":"Reaching For The Moon (Silent)","description":"A young man with the improbable name of Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown dreams of fame and fortune, but has to settle for working at a button factory. After reading a self-help book, Alex believes he will become a success if he spends time concentrating on his goals daily. One day he concentrates a little too hard and his boss fires him for daydreaming. Devastated, the young man returns home to find a telegram from the small Balkan country of Vulgaria. Turns out his mother was Vulgarian royalty, and Alex is next in line to be king! He is soon swept up into a world of court intrigue, of romancing ladies-in-waiting and dueling with rivals for the throne. It's just like Alex dreamed...but it may be too good to be true!\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore he became an action star with \u003ci\u003eThe Mark of Zorro\u003c\/i\u003e (1920), leading man Douglas Fairbanks was best known for comedies like \u003ci\u003eReaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. Unfairly overlooked today compared to his later work, they paired Doug's athletic daring-do and boundless enthusiasm with an often satirical take on contemporary American culture and materialism. His collaborators for these films were the famed husband-and-wife team of director John Emerson and writer Anita Loos. Emerson began his career with D.W. Griffith, as an editor on the epic \u003ci\u003eIntolerance\u003c\/i\u003e (1916), and would eventually make a name for himself as a multi-talented actor, playwright, and director. During the sound era, Loos wrote such classics as \u003ci\u003eRed-Headed Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), and \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1939). Her 1925 novel \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u003c\/i\u003e eventually became a hit musical and Hollywood film. Anita's script for \u003ci\u003eReaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e may have been an influence on James Thurber's famous 1939 short story \"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,'' which was made into a classic movie in 1947 with Danny Kaye. In 1931, Fairbanks starred in another film called \u003ci\u003eReaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, but it has no relation to the 1917 silent other than its title.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802298605718,"sku":"089218830395","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218830395.jpg?v=1762193324","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/reaching-for-the-moon-silent","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}