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Feb 29, 2012 · The closing scene from Safety Last! (left) was filmed on the roof of 908 S. Broadway, the same building where the clock stunt climbing set was built. The same roof (right), now supporting the steel girder foundation for a large antennae, appears during the Criterion Collection Locations and Effects mini clip.
Audiences naturally assume that Harold Lloyd was actually hanging off the clock hands many stories above the street, and they are correct. However, Lloyd was hanging on a clock built on a platform near the edge of the top of a building at 908 South Broadway.
Apr 2, 2015 · The famous clock scene and some of the final rooftop scene were filmed on top of 908 S. Broadway, now known as the home of Tarina Tarantino's Sparkle Factory (it has a Banksy on the side).
Safety Last! is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy film starring 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.
Aug 21, 2015 · One of the most iconic scenes in silent cinema was filmed on the roof of Western Costume Company. Whether you’ve seen the film or not, you know the image: Harold Lloyd, in a boater and round-framed glasses, hanging desperately from the hand of a large clock, dangling over the city below.
Safety Last!, American silent film comedy, released in 1923, that was best known for its iconic image of comedian Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock atop a skyscraper. Lloyd played an unnamed young man who poses as a department-store manager to impress his girlfriend.
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Apr 9, 2023 · What helped it stand the test of time is the iconic image of the film’s star, Harold Lloyd, doing a stunt that had him dangling off the edge of a building — his grip on a clock hand the only thing keeping him from falling.
