How they filmed the famous "hanging off a clock" shot in Harold Lloyd's 1923 movie "Safety Last!":
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Time for a Harold Lloyd appreciation toot. Seeing the scaffolding tower outside my lounge bay window reminded me of this daredevil shot from Lloyd's 1921 short, Never Weaken. His films were such glorious (palm-sweaty) fun! #SilentMovies #HaroldLloyd #cinema

103 years ago:
An Eastern Westerner (US)
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The E...
1920-05-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40575
#AnEasternWesterner #HalRoach #HaroldLloyd #MildredDavis #NoahYoung #Western #PreCode #Movies

104 years ago:
Ring Up the Curtain (US)
Stage hand Harold falls in love with the leading lady of a visiting theatrical troupe.
1919-04-27
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/53632
#RingUptheCurtain #HaroldLloyd #PreCode #Movies

99 years ago:
Girl Shy (US)
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising ...
1924-04-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40574
#GirlShy #SamTaylor #HaroldLloyd #JackieCondon #PreCode #ClassicFilm

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#NatoOggi nel 1893 l'attore e regista americano #HaroldLloyd il "terzo genio" (dimenticato) della comicità con Chaplin e Keaton, il primo a mostrare il dito medio in un film, #ARottaDiCollo il suo ultimo film muto http://bit.ly/2Psho1j

104 years ago:
Young Mr. Jazz (US)
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.
1919-04-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/201436
#YoungMrJazz #HalRoach #HaroldLloyd #PreCode #ClassicFilm

#SilentFilm comedy great, #HaroldLloyd, answers the questions in the BBC Home Service's pioneering interview series.
First broadcast on the #BBC Home Service in August 1962.
Available until 6 May 2023.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05t3f72

Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the 1917 Hal Roach comedy short, “By the Sad Sea Waves”

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Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the 1917 Hal Roach comedy short, “By the Sad Sea Waves”

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Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the 1917 Hal Roach comedy short, “By the Sad Sea Waves”

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97 years ago:
For Heaven's Sake (US)
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
1926-04-05
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42368
#ForHeavensSake #SamTaylor #HaroldLloyd #PreCode #ClassicMovies

100 years ago this happened:

#cinema #silentfilm #silentmovies #cinemastadon #movies #classic #HaroldLloyd

76 years ago:
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (US)
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who nev...
1947-04-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/23001
#TheSinofHaroldDiddlebock #PrestonSturges #HaroldLloyd #MargaretHamilton #UnitedArtists

Don’t look down: 100 years of Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last!

Harold Lloyd’s stunts in Safety Last! make it one of the most heart-in-mouth films of all time. On its 100th birthday, his granddaughter remembers his mastery, inspiration – and the real-life love at the film’s heart

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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/24/dont-look-down-100-years-of-harold-lloyds-safety-last

@JessMcGrath Just watched Bumping into Broadway Las night! Gotta love Lloyd! 😁👍📼
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104 years ago:
I'm on My Way (US)
Harold Lloyd's character loves Bebe Daniels' character and is about to marry her. But then he meets the clan of Snub Pollard where it's a riot all the time.
1919-03-08
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/174998
#ImonMyWay #HalRoach #HaroldLloyd #PreCode #Movies

Via Quite Interesting @qikipedia
Feb 21

By 1923, the silent film star Harold Lloyd had lost two fingers, so in the famous scene from ‘Safety Last!’, he is wearing a prosthetic glove and hanging from the clock with only eight fingers.

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#film #HaroldLloyd #SafetyLast

103 years ago:
His Royal Slyness (US)
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
1920-02-08
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/53530
#HisRoyalSlyness #HalRoach #HaroldLloyd #PreCode #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film