Safety Last! (1923)

About

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin is the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is us. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is the perfect introduction to him. Lloyd plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success. Laugh-out-loud funny and jaw-dropping in equal measure, Safety Last! is a movie experience par excellence, anchored by a genuine legend.

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor

Story by Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, and Tim Whelan

Titles by H.M. Walker

Produced by Hal Roach

Cinematography by Walter Lundin

Edited by T.J. Crizer

Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young, and Westcott B. Clarke

Musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989

Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

Licence or status

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Credit

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Language

English

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