Safety Last!

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Safety Last! is a classic 1923 silent romantic comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, best known for its iconic scene of Lloyd dangling from a clock high above a city street.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feature film
romantic comedy film
silent film
cinematographyBy Walter Lundin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Fred C. Newmeyer
Sam Taylor
distributor Pathé
surface form: Pathé Exchange
editedBy T. J. Crizer
era silent film era
featuresCharacter Harold Lloyd
surface form: The Boy (played by Harold Lloyd)

The Girl (played by Mildred Davis)
filmingTechnique use of perspective and camera angles to enhance height illusion
format black-and-white film
genre romantic comedy
slapstick comedy
hasFilmTechnique live-action stunt climbing on real building exteriors
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
hasNotableScene Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock on a skyscraper
hasPosterTagline The thrill picture of all time
hasTheme ambition and social mobility
risk and danger for publicity
romantic pursuit
includedIn lists of greatest silent comedies
influenced later stunt comedies and action set pieces in cinema
leadActor Harold Lloyd
leadActress Mildred Davis
notableFor iconic clock-dangling stunt
innovative use of physical comedy in high-rise setting
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
producer Hal Roach
Harold Lloyd
productionCompany Hal Roach Studios
releaseDate 1923-04-01
releaseYear 1923
runtime approximately 73 minutes
setting city department store
urban city street
starPerformsOwnStunts Harold Lloyd
starring Bill Strother
Harold Lloyd
Mildred Davis
Noah Young
writtenBy Hal Roach
Sam Taylor
Tim Whelan

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Harold Lloyd notableWork Safety Last!
Snub Pollard filmographyIncludes Safety Last!
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Mildred Davis notableWork Safety Last!
Marjorie Elizabeth Lloyd notableWork Safety Last!
subject surface form: Harold Lloyd
Silent notableWork Safety Last!
subject surface form: Silent film