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Saturday, Oct 15, 2016
3:30 PM (67 mins)
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BAMPFA
Safety Last!
Recommended for all ages
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On piano
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young,
Safety Last! contains one of silent comedy’s most iconic images: Harold Lloyd hanging precariously from the arms of a clock ten stories off the ground. Shot without trick photography (though there was a safety platform out of camera range), this sequence established Lloyd as the comedian who would go to any lengths—or heights—to get a laugh. As The Young Man Out to Make His Name in the World, Harold lands a job as a department-store clerk. His letters to The Girl Back Home lead her to believe he’s a smashing success; when she unexpectedly arrives in the city, Harold enters into an elaborate ruse that climaxes in the now-famous stunt.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Hal Roach
- Sam Taylor
- Tim Whelan
Cinematographer
- Walter Lundin
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- Silent
- 67 mins
Source
- Janus Films/Criterion Collection