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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Seen on: 03/28/2009

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Safety Last! (1923)

Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor

Comedy | Romance

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Rated NR | Length 74 minutes

Actors

James T. Kelley | Harold Lloyd | Mildred Davis | Anna Townsend | Charles Stevenson | Noah Young | Sam Lufkin | William Gillespie | Fred C. Newmeyer | Bill Strother | Westcott Clarke | Wallace Howe | Richard Daniels | Helen Gilmore | Gus Leonard | Roy Brooks | Marie Mosquini | Earl Mohan | Mickey Daniels | Ray Erlenborn | Billie Latimer | Patrick Youch

Viewing Notes

When I watch early films like Safety Last! (from the The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Vol. 1) I always try to imagine how the audience reacted upon seeing this when it was originally shown. According to the commentary the viewers were quite engaged and laughed at all the slapstick gags. Of course, it’s a different perspective now viewing 86 years later. Not surprisingly still an entertaining watch and, most of all, the iconic clock scene at the end.

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