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Safety Last

1923 ★ 73 min
Studio: Hal Roach Studios
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Writer: Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd
Producer: Hal Roach

Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent-film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in early motion pictures.

Trivia

  • Lloyd hanging from a giant clock on the corner of a building was seen as an iconic image for him, though it was achieved through a certain degree of improvisation.
  • Lloyd performed most of his own stuntwork, but a circus performer was used when The Boy hangs by a rope, and a stunt double – sometimes Bill Strother, who played "Limpy" Bill and was a steeplejack who inspired the sequence when Lloyd saw him climbing – was used in long shots.
  • A number of buildings from 1st Street to 9th Street in downtown Los Angeles, all of different heights, were used, with sets built on their roofs to match the facade of the main building, the International Bank Building at Temple and Spring Streets.

Previous Showings

15 Runs • 8 Festivals

12,573 tickets sold

All runs on record (15):

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