After delighting audiences of all ages with kiddee matinee screenings of the compilation film Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy last year, we’ve decided to bring back more Lloyd with his classic silent film Safety Last! Lloyd plays a young man who heads to the big city to make his fortune so he can marry his hometown sweetheart. He eventually agrees to perform a publicity stunt that involves him climbing the side of a tall building in one of the greatest thrill sequences in all of cinema, featuring the iconic image of Lloyd hanging from a clock.
Print courtesy of the Harold Lloyd Trust.
“The most famous image of silent comedy – Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock, 12 stories above the streets of Los Angeles – represents only one of the great moments in what could be the most brilliantly sustained comic climax in film history” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Read Roger Ebert’s 4 Star review of Safety Last!
Explore the filming locations & stuntwork of Safety Last!
Ariel Schudson discusses the legacy of Harold Lloyd on the New Beverly blog.
