Safety Last!

Safety Last! follows Harold, a young man who moves to the city dreaming of success and impressing his sweetheart back home. Desperate to prove himself, he arranges a publicity stunt involving a human fly climbing a tall building, only to end up scaling it himself. The film's breathtaking clock-hanging sequence became one of cinema's most iconic and enduring images.

• Harold Lloyd performed most of his own dangerous stunts himself.
• Lloyd had lost a thumb and finger in a prior accident.
• The famous clock scene was filmed on a real building.
• The film was a massive box office hit in 1923.
• Lloyd wore special gloves to conceal his missing digits onscreen.

• I'll show you I can make good in the city.
• Just a little higher... don't look down!
• I came here to make my fortune, not excuses.
• Love finds a way, even up a skyscraper.
• One little job and everything will be fine.