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Movie: Safety Last! (1923)
“Country boy (Lloyd) heads to the big city to seek success. While working as a clerk in a department store, he talks the manager into offering $1000 to anyone who can bring more customers to the store. He then arranges for a friend, a “human fly,” (Strothers) to climb the face of the store building as a publicity stunt. Unfortunatly the “human fly” is a wanted man, and when “The Law” (Young) shows, our hero must make the climb, himself. At each ledge he encounters new difficulties, climaxing in the famous ‘clock scene.’ Written by Herman Seifer {alagain@aol.com} & Chris Goodbread {tasadek@hotmail.com}”
- Release Date: 1 April 1923 (USA)
- Run Time: 73 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Action , Comedy , Family , Romance
Trivia: Though Harold Lloyd’s character is credited as “The Boy”, when he gets his paycheck it clearly says, “Name: Harold Lloyd”.
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When “the boy” receives his paycheck from the store employee, he opens it to see his pay stub, and on it is the name “Harold Lloyd” which is the name of the actor, but is not supposed to be the name of the character. The character, as in most of his films, is only supposed to be known as “the boy”. It is the only incident in Harold Lloyd’s entire film career in which he plays a character using his true name. The scene was edited in without Lloyds knowledge, and didn’t become aware of it until the movie was complete.