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Safety Last! (1923)

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Average Rating: 8.4/10
Reviews Counted: 13
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Release Date: Apr 1, 1923 Wide

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After Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, the silent film era's "third genius" was Harold Lloyd, who stars in this Horatio Alger-style story of an average country boy trying to make good in the big city. The Boy (Lloyd) leaves his sweetheart, The Girl (Mildred Davis, later the real-life Mrs. Lloyd) in Great Bend while he pursues his fortune in a teeming metropolis. The Boy lands a job as a clerk at a fabric counter of DeVore's, a huge department store, but he lies in his letters home to his

Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Fred C. Newmeyer , Sam Taylor

In Theaters: Apr 1, 1923 Wide

Cast

Harold Lloyd
The Boy
Mildred Davis
The Girl
Bill Strother
The Pal
Noah Young
The Law
W.B. Clarke
The Floorwalker
Mickey Daniels
The Kid
Mrs. Anna Townsend
The Grandma
Helen Gilmore
Customer
Gus Leonard
Office worker
Charles E. Stevenson
Ambulance attendant

Critic Reviews for Safety Last!

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (1) | DVD (1)

Harold Lloyd at his very best.

December 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Snobbery

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Phil Hall

Film Snobbery

One of Harold Lloyd's funniest comedies, and silent.

May 22, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

In packed movie houses, with audiences invariably gasping and giggling on every cue, it's a near-religious experience.

August 17, 2005 Comment

Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

Might be the best film of acclaimed comedian Harold Lloyd's silent film days.

January 10, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Lloyd's most famous film with the great building climbing climax.

June 15, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Combining the heart of Chaplin and the physical dexterity and daring of Keaton

April 2, 2003 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews Source: Old School Reviews

Safety Last (1923) earned Harold Lloyd, the bookish, horn-rimmed glasses-wearing comedian, his nickname "the King of Daredevil Comedy."

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films

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Tim Dirks

Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films

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Classic Harold Lloyd, in what is probably his best known film. I can't get enough of it!

January 6, 2010

Anthony Lawrie

Super Reviewer

harold lloyd is so cute :)

May 13, 2008

Stella Dallas

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