'Safety Last!' (1923) - Harold Lloyd | Full Movie - Silent Film | Full HD 1080
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Entirely remastered (full HD 1080) and rescored (by film music giant Carl Davis), Harold Lloyd Entertainment are proud to bring to you the full length version of Harold Lloyd's iconic 1923 silent comedy 'Safety Last!'. We hope you enjoy it - please subscribe for more!
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Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy movie starring cinematic great Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in early motion pictures. It is viewed today as one of the all time *great* film comedies and the equal to anything produced by Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.
Synposis:
A boy (Harold Lloyd) moves to New York City to make enough money to support his loving girlfriend (Mildred Davis), but soon discovers that making it in the big city is harder than it looks. When he hears that a store manager will pay $1,000 to anyone who can draw people to his store, he convinces his friend, the "human fly," (Bill Strother) to climb the building and split the profit with him. But when his pal gets in trouble with the law, he must complete the crazy stunt on his own.
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Harold Lloyd was one of the great comic stars of the cinema, a genius on a par with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. However, he came from a humble background, and perhaps this was the key to his affinity with “the ordinary man” who does extraordinary things.
Lloyd was born in Burchard, Nebraska, on April 20, 1893 and was acting at an early age with
theatrical repertory companies. He made his film debut as an extra in a 1913 one-reel film for the
Edison Film Company. He became friends with another extra, Hal Roach, and when Roach
formed his own film company, he invited Lloyd to join him.
Lloyd’s initial comic characterization was a tramp character called Willie Work. After a series of partings over money and subsequent reconciliations, Roach and Lloyd created a new character, called Lonesome Luke, which became popular, despite Lloyd’s dislike of imitating Charlie Chaplin, which the film distributor, Pathé, demanded.
Then Lloyd found the idea that was to become his trademark, and change him from a good comedian to a major star: the glasses. Lloyd persuaded Roach and his distributor to abandon Lonesome Luke and in 1917 Lloyd shed grotesque comedy clothes and characterizations for a pair of horn-rimmed glasses. In doing so, Lloyd created an American archetype, an optimistic and determined go-getter sporting spectacles and a toothy smile.
Lloyd retained the “Glass Character” (as Lloyd called his comic persona) throughout the rest of
his motion picture career, which spanned 34 years and over 200 comedies. Among his most
famous films are Grandma's Boy (1922), Safety Last! (1923), The Freshman (1925), The Kid Brother (1927), Speedy (1928), and Movie Crazy (1932).
Lloyd married his leading lady, Mildred Davis, in 1923, and the two remained
married until her death in 1969. The Lloyds built a magnificent Beverly Hills estate, called Greenacres, and raised three children: Gloria, Peggy, and Harold, Jr.
After retiring from films, Lloyd kept busy with various philanthropic activities, vigorously pursued
his many hobbies, and raised his granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd. He was elected Imperial
Potentate of the Shriners in 1949 and worked tirelessly for the many Shriners’ Hospitals for
disabled children.
Lloyd was also a prize-winning stereo (3-D) photographer. He produced two
compilation films of his earlier work, Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy (1962) and Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life (1963), and was preparing further revivals of his best films before succumbing to cancer on March 8, 1971 at the age of 77.
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