Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last"- 1923
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- čas přidán 11. 12. 2008
- As my final project for my music composition course, I wrote original music to this scene from Harold Lloyd's silent film "Safety Last". Harold is trying to get away from a police officer by climbing a building...but he's having a little trouble, isn't he? The original scene is 20 minutes long, so I cut it down to 7 and a half. At about 6:45 into the clip, I used the song "Stumbling" by Zez Confrey. Enjoy.
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This is _100 years old_ yet it's still making my palms sweat.
Scarier than any horror movie
Yeah, surprisingly effective cinematography.
why not? is it relevant the age?
@@roberto_ik5640 Yes.
Same.
Man: *almost dies on numerous occasions*
The soundtrack: 😊
😂👌🏽
This next one is about a big baby duck that gets his head caught in a stewed tomato.
I watched this lying in bed and felt like I was gonna fall out my bed. This guy is bonkers.
I was anxious and laughing at the same time. What amazing talent!
Right!!! Same here
Yeah I had a few knee jerk reactions that nearly kicked the bong over.😎✌
@@williampreller6387 Don't smoke, its bad for you sir. You need Jesus.
@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot if jesus was around today, he’d smoke weed
All of the close-up shots of Harold on the outside of the building are actually small structures that were constructed on the roofs of actual buildings so the real high-level view was in the background. In reality he was only a few feet above a real building’s roof.
These sets on the roofs of downtown buildings were kept very secret at the time, and Harold himself never admitted that they existed, even when he was interviewed as an elderly man. But there's at least one photo of one of them, which is how I know this is how the scenes were done.
brilliant technique. modern filmaker's reliance on cgi has dulled their minds
Yeah noticed the background buildings changed a lot
Yeah. When I found that out it ruined it for me.
@@simonmatrix No, none of these buildings are supposed to have been built by cowboys in the 1800s.
@@simonmatrix Are you, y'know... the "R" word?
I love this. The fact that this was made in 1923, a silent film, and still had me gasping and my heart pounding shows just how magnificent Harold Lloyd was.
Fuck this racist piece of shit.
He tapped-into one of mankind's primal fears, the Fear of Falling...
@@jrsmith1998 how is this racist? Can you provide a specific example?
@@jrsmith1998 You’re very gay, aren’t you?
@@Keithbarber I didn’t call this scene racist. I called Harold Clayton Lloyd a racist because it’s a known fact that he was.
Many people don't know this: Harold Lloyd lost his right thumb, index finger and half of his right palm during a photo shoot in 1919 so he was wearing a light glove with a prosthesis in this movie. Although this movie used "a few tricks" performing this stunts without half of your right hand is absolutely insane.
I thought everyone knew it.
i know my dad told me
A real American Ninja Warrior!.
@@mrsbrownandhercat LOL ass XD
Holy Lord almighty!
Almost a century latter, I’m sitting on the edge of my seat watching this!
that stunt's impressive no matter what century anybody's in.
Literally a century later and I’m still sitting on the edge of my seat
That's a long time to be sitting on the edge of your seat.
Not only did he do it without looking scared to death, he added comedy at the same time.
Yes. Comedians today can't accomplish this feat either.
And, he was missing about half of one of his hands while doing his own stunts - including the climbing and everything. He also wrote the stories, designed special effects and his own stunts, and so on - he wasn't just an actor. Harold Lloyd was amazing.
He actually did look scared to death. Incredible film, I didn’t know they had the technology to do the special effects. Or maybe he actually did it! That’s unbelievable!
Impressive feat indeed
@@uykarl and hands 🤣🤣🤣
I cannot be the only one with anxiety while watching this :)
mymodernmet.com/silent-film-effects/ ;-)) Relax madame..
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@@bargainplaceuk yes buddy fred all the way
Emmy M Uh no
Takes me a week to uncurl my toes after watching this and Fred Dibnah.
Lloyd's image of hanging from the clock is iconic, forever etched in Hollywood history. I remember as boy seeing that photo in the Encyclopedia. Silent movie making was an art as was inventing the music for them. Nice job on the music.
Was a clock built especially for this production?
Jackie Chan paid homage to that very clock scene in a movie called "Project A" *and i think he broke his skull on that stunt ^^ - that's how i learned about Harald Lloyd, Jackie Chan mentioned Lloyd's acting style as one of his major influences :D
What a scene! What a gorgeous ending. Oh, the drama. Oh, the anxiety! Lloyd was a master of his craft.
Quite the athlete too!!
Classic scene. They said women fainted in theatres. Makes my hands sweaty
Lol, my hands got sweaty too!
I was holding on to my desk watching this on the computer & my hands were sweaty too, also my heart was pounding all thru the video!!! d(6__6)b
If you want really slippery paws, look up “changing a light bulb on a tower” on CZcams. For added vertigo, the helmet cam is a real doozy. My palms are sweating just typing this!
@@j3054 my hands are sweaty even thinking about that. Ok, I will
@@j3054 Is there a particular link because there are several different ones? Thx
The fact that he did all of his own stunt work and climbing DESPITE losing his thumb on one hand from a bomb accident during a filming of an earlier movie is awe-inspiring.
Yeah, amazing stuff...climbing 10ft off the ground lol
@@morkusmorkus6040 There's information available about Harold Lloyd. He was as high up as he looked
W8 wtf?
No wonder why he was so suicidal.
@@morkusmorkus6040 man someone’s quite jealous 😂
Quite riveting still nearly 100 years later.
Estos si eran artistas. El talento hermano, el talento.
Not a stunt.
Still incredible. Can you imagine the first time an audience saw this?
I would have LOVED to have been in the audience!
no
I was shouting at the screen and gasping the whole time because the danger was actually real and he could've fallen to his death anytime so yes I can imagine.
@@kentreed2011 I'm glad I am not the only one!!!! 100 years out and it is still an amazing experience!
I suspect people fainted. Especially when you consider, this may have been the first film they ever watched.
Those were fabulous special effects for 100 years ago! Love Harold Lloyd. I have that scene where he is holding on to the clock on a clock I bought many years ago. It hangs in my TV room and I see it everyday!
I too used to watch in the late 70s early 80s on bbc2. He did all that himself. No cgi no stuntmen and no second chances. Genius. Hurray for Harold Lloyd, a pair of glasses and a smile.
They still used special effects, he's not actually climbing the building you know
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Yes i also watched Harold Lloyd on BBC2 this was on straight after kids t.v in the evenings after school.
They dont show these on telly anymore or any of the other comedy greats.
Akimbo Madman No, but he did hang from the clock. No snowflake cgi shite in those days sonny.
There was a large wooden platform underneath him
@@davidmoore2308 did it used to come on after Monkey
Before greenscreen, the granddaddy of thriller movies
The strength and focus it must have taken to pull this off, not to mention the flawless timing is a testament to Harold Lloyd’s monumental talent. Truly amazing in its timeless ability to stop your heart!
Not a stunt.
My palms were sweating and my sides were splitting at the same time. That's the brilliance of Harold Lloyd. I love all his work. A true artist for the ages. Thanks so much for posting.
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
I remember watching this as a child it’s actually more nail biting watching it as an adult
He obviously had absolutely no fear to be able to do these stunts
Stunt man harvey perry did all the wide shot risky stuff . Close ups were tricks and sets.
josoapification this wasn’t a real building. The camera angle alone tells me that. Still good though lol.
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
I get vertigo watching this. Seriously... This guy is a true original.
The first street artist.
Buster Keeston is another great of the period and genre. True cinema pioneers.
Johnny Jawbone: Building artist?
@@geoffedwards-tb4kp this particular comedian is a legendary canuck and that's why the guy never heard of Keaton. Same act only Keaton did all the stunts for real.
@@mikeries8549 what is a canukj? Guess but is a stunt man comedian of the type here?
was*
A famous silent movie scene rarely seen these days. A must see for everyone.
100 years old, and still a classic. Let's see (or not lol) how many movies in 100 years will be remembered!!
no one remember this but youtube lol u fools
Debbie does Dallas might have a chance
What a coincidence that both Harold and Christopher Lloyd (they're not related btw) ended up clinging to a clocktower.😁
In the opening title sequence of "Back to the Future" is even a small reference to Harold Lloyd: One of the clocks has a small Harold Lloyd figure hanging on it
@Dave Smith I would say that Christopher Lloyd was born in 1938 and Harold Lloyd died in 1971
@@pa3997 OOOOH that's right! 🤯
When I first looked at your comment I thought it said he was dinging on the clock tower 🤣 😂 😅
While the discussion about the stunts is interesting, the real genius here is the comedy. Lloyd creates tension every step of this long climb by creating new obstacles for his hero to overcome, and they're original, creative , funny obstacles! This movie is a lesson both in comedy and in building suspense. Brilliant. :-)
It's been 11 years. I thought I'd comment this to give you some nostalgia if you still use this account
@@kaz_50 😂😂😂
Muy hands were sweating!!!! For that year was amazing! Bravoooooo
A truly phenomenal spectacle . I'm awestruck . Reportedly no impersonating stuntmen , and apparently no safety apparatus . As a theatrical aerialist ,Harold Lloyd is singularly in a class of his own . And he appears to be scaling the heights with an almost carefree and undaunted demeanor . Mind- boggling !
Bill Strother, who was known as the Human Fly, did all of the actually dangerous parts of the climb in the long shots.
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
I've liked Harold LLoyd since I used to watch it on BBC2 in the early 80's when I was a kid. Thanks for posting.
... to watch it ... (or him : lol) ?
mkcwebmaster Me too and that Bob Monkhouse silent films series in the 70s too! 😊
And me 🇬🇧
Me too
Yep, and (UKs)Will Hay, buster Keeton, laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, and England's own George Formby. Great stuff used to watch myself early evening reruns!!! Timeless classical harmless entertainment.
And no CGI
+ChrisSeahorse CGI needs to die
+Alois Trancy CGI allows amazing things to be done and has advanced the cinema. I hope you just mean bad CGI.
Precisely! If this had been made today, it'd be all stuntmen and green screen. Guys like Lloyd had balls! In fact Harold Lloyd lost two fingers whilst doing a photo shoot with a prop bomb.
Angus Lamont It would look leagues better if it were done today.
Izoto Completely disagree. They'd prob have a CGI building. Nothing can beat this, Lloyd was a genius.
I remember watching this with my Father in Law, many years ago. He grew up in the Vaudeville era, and he laughed and laughed because I gasped at the stunts. What a great performer and a great movie! (All that with a prosthetic hand, too)!
Watching this exactly 100 years later, in 2023. Wow
I was getting a f****** heart attack watching this.
Breaks my heart that they tore down the studio that made him and others famous (Hal Roach Studios.) All that's left is just a plaque that's easy to miss even if you're trying to find it. Should have been saved as a historic place, one of the birthplaces of cinema.
@Dave Pawson Susan Sarandon herself said, "As long as there's a Hollywood, there will be a casting couch." Poor soul, she ought to know...
I thought that Hal Roach Studios burned down, around 1963. Mister Roach asked Culver City and then Los Angeles County for financial help to rebuild, and they refused.
People actually fainted in the movie theaters watching this for the 1st time back then
Wow for that era this cinematography scene is outstanding! Just goes to show you how talent never goes out of style!🎬
My grandparents had a reel-to-reel projector and I would beg them to let me watch this and Abbott & Costello. Oh, and use the typewriter! Damn I miss those days of innocence!
You belong to a long forgotten world- join the family. Oh well, we still have our fond memories.
We used to have a cine projector, setting it and the screen up was a palaver, but it made watching the silent films an event, now things are so much easier, it's not the same.
Wow this was comedy back then, I was at the edge of my seat all the time watching this!
I use to watch this in the 1980's on BBC 2 along with other greats such has Charlie Chaplain and Laurel and Hardy, oh how I wish these types of shows was aired again on TV so other generations can become aware of what entertainment truly is . Brilliant 👏 bravo 👏.
Я не помню, чтобы что-то на экране держало меня в большем напряжении на протяжении всего времени!
@Will Lovelace he is great actor!
Вот это уровень! Меня и сегодня в дрожь бросает от такой съёмки! Настоящий мастер! Брависсимо!!!
Да, он был.
Ok antonov
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
I found out about Harold Lloyd when I was in middle school staying up late.he was a genius.I loved all the movies I saw.not to many people know of him im glad to see u guys do yeeeeah!
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+Chris Lawson
wtf
Wtf was that guy on 2 years ago LOL
His friend in the flat cap was a human fly who did the distant shots climbing the building while Harold in closer shots is on a set on the roof of a building across the street! A very good illusion! But even knowing that it STILL makes you nervous watching this! just one of the reasons why this is such a classic movie!
Yes - his name was Bill Strother.
Still nerve wrecking in 2022, 99 years later. I rember seeing this in my chilhood in the 1970's. Always loved Harrold Lloyd.
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
Remarkable how simply agonizing it is to watch this scene.
Which is a reflection of how effective the directing is. This scene feels compelling and realistic. Suspension of disbelief is achieved and the audience perceives the threat of terrifying death by falling from a high rise building.
For something from 1923 it's amazing that this scene feels completely believable and real.
Benjamin Otto maybe because it s completely real -_-
Are you a movi critic?
Try finding something like that 95 years later.
Un homme qui court. The part where he reaches the clock part of tower isn’t real
It wasn't real. There was a program on the BBC where the stunt man on the movie told how they filmed it. They built a two story set on the roof of a tall building and it looks like he's climbing a tall building. There was a safety net beneath him. And a stunt man did the long shots. The studio wasn't going to risk the life of one of their biggest stars.
lol, my heart was beating.
97 years old, but my anxiety is fresh!
Revisiting this in 2021 and my heart never dropped like THIS in a very long time. Tons of action movies and hardly any of them have me biting my finger nails the way the Great Harold Lloyd did in this.
No cgi.
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
I used to hang over the balcony on top of the stair case wearing my dads old pair of glasses pretending to Harold Lloyd. 5.40 PM BBC2 on week days great times they were its a shame they don't show them on TV anymore especially with all these freeview channels we have.
adrian ollivierre Yes same here absolutely loved watching him on BBC 2 when I was a kid away back in the late 70s and 80s, he was my favourite of all time and as a kid it was mesmerising even my mum got huge anxiety when we watched this together. Its far better than most of the rubbish they put on the BBC nowadays in the early evenings.
@@stuart73m make way for harold loyd! ta da ta da ta da ta da taa daa
I was a kid hanger. too! Simian roots? Hee, hee!
Did you want to die?
Lloyd 3 fingers on his right hand when a prop bomb exploaded in his hand. He wore a prosthetic "glove" to give him a hand.
Which makes the stunts in this sequence all the more remarkable!
Do you speak 4037 languages because this is one of the unreadable comments I’ve ever seen
thumb and index of the right hand !!
Incredible dedication. I remember watching these re-runs on TV when I was a kid. Still just as entertaining now.
An amazing man. Still has you on the end of your seat and crying with laughter in 2022! Legendary ⭐️
I remember watching this on tv as a kid, love it!!! Such memories!
YEP ALL the old timers were on early evening in UK too watched as a kid. Pioneers of the actor stuntmen genre. Proper old school entertainment.
bruh how old are you lol
Fabulous Harold Lloyd ...
Tive aportunidade de ver Harold na globo, e hoje atraves das rede sociais, ganhei este presente em reviver este talento.
These scenes used to freak me out ,but then I watched something which showed how it was done .there was prop floors built on top of buildings , while the stunts required lots of talent he wasn't in danger of falling on the street .he is only about 5 feet from the roof top
I mean look at the camera angle if it was real the cameraman would be twenty foot off the side of the building.
lol ohhh my word!! ... As a vertigo sufferer I actually feel queasy watching this.
lol
I remember seeing this on TV when I was young... I loved Harold Lloyd :)
asceses1 I have a fear of heights and I felt queasy watching it myself!!
@@ryanjwebb I have a phobia about being scared for some reason it makes we nervous!!!I'm not sure if it triggers my panic attacks and I'm anxious too find out but with this coronation virus I get paroniod about going out to the doctors because of my agrophobia. Thing is I need my med prescription as I suffer from schizophrenia so I'm in two minds what to do about it. Plus you would only lie to me so how can I trust you. P.S. I'm talking to my other personality as I have multiple personality disorder. And I used to be a werewolf but I'm alright nahooooowwwwlll.💉💊🐲
I started watching a video about pandas and now I'm here.
Yeah...strange things are happening...I was looking for real autopsies....and got here also..:-(
+Oh, No! Lee I thought I was the only one who did that. Any luck?
That's unbearable.
Alice H. Lol. I found some brain operations and real women giving birth. Awesome!
I started off watching Mongoose vs Snake and here I am...
Always said he was one of the best, how that was done in those days was FANTASTIC 👍😎
A masterclass in practical effects! Simply astounding.
This is one of the great comedy masterpieces. It still boggles my mind how he was able to do such stunts.
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo
i have watched this several times yet it still has me on the edge of my seat every time.
Much better than modern movies today!
WOW ! What balls of steel, amazing skill and strength.
RIP Harold Lloyd. He was one of the best actors of his time.
I have seen this a few times over the years, and it always makes me queazy. The guy must have been totally without fear.
U mean stunt man harvey Perry? I guess he was 😂
I can't imagine how much work and planning went into this. It's marvelous!
Harold is definitely my favourite entertainer from the Silent Movie era.
Thanks Hugo Cabret for bringing me to this good movie. :)
Thanks to Lloyd preserving his own films, we have this in perfect condition; It's an amazing film, too.
a 100 year old but still yet an amazment that people are still watching this, as of right now, a man that has 8 fingers and glasses an a hat climbing a building, that's crazy.
all this was done using good camera angles..there’s a video showing how they shot these scenes....the beauty of filming back in those days..
yes you're right. He was never far from the floor during the shoot.
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Просто невероятно! Какая-то черно-белая ерунда, но почему-то вспотели ладони и пульс участился. Возникло реальное волнение за этого чела, потрясающе!
Still hilarious and amazing 95 years later. Lloyd was phenomenal.
So much happened in just 7 and a half minutes it’s impressive.
Oh, dear Harold Lloyd, remember your childhood, you're still sweet❤❤❤
When I was a kid watching this episode I was breathless until Harold came back down and touched the floor and gave that famous smile, I breathed a sigh of relief.😂😅😅😅😊❤
Love Harold Lloyd, original nuttah!
Still watching Xmas day 2017!
Cheers for the upload.
Perfect choice!
Oh the memories of my childhood. I loved watching Harold Lloyd I was about 8 I think it was on a Tuesday at 6/6:30pm on BBC2 in the UK ,I would drag a chair and sit right in front of the tv every time he was on tv.
Amanda, you remember HL on BBC2 in the early evening when you were little ... about the same time as Laurel and Hardy and All Creatures Great and Small? You're about my age then, me duck ☺
Steve Payne I do remember all creatures great and small ,what I remember of it , it was like an old fashioned vet surgery . I was born in 1973 . I remember when we only had 3 channel's then channel 4 came along . That's when tv was at its best ,Saturday night was family tv night ,family fortunes with max bygraves, give us a clue . Do you remember pipkins not many people I've asked remember it .
+Amanda brierley Pipkins? Hell yes! Used to watch that (at lunchtime, I think). Hartley the Hare - looked like he had mange 😄
Steve Payne I remember in on episode the man said plants need feeding so I think Hartley or the pig Fed the plant chips. Lunchtime tv was the best, rainbow,buttonmoon and kloppa castle (I don't think that is the correct spelling) and after school we had dangermouse and a game show I can't remember the name but it was hosted by stu Francis his catchphrase was I could crush a grape.
+Amanda brierley I think that might have been Crackerjack (Crackerjack!).
Watched this today with my 3 year old daughter, she was LOL when he bumps his head. I used to watch reruns as a kid and loved his stunts.
Absolutely Beautiful. You just watch it and think, what a Miracle. What a great Actor
Boy, won't he be pissed when they invent the elevator.
Elevators existed in 1923.
@@remancyrodiil9295 The first residential elevators were in operation from 1929 .
In the storyline he was only doing it because of a publicly stunt. He was going to receive a lot of money for it. And he was going to use the money to marry his girlfriend. In real life Mildred Davis who played the girl in this movie did marry Harold afterwards.
sarad matthew tigga What are you talking about? Even passenger ships had elevators for the passengers DECADES before 1929
I love how the piano is plaeyd in this Harold Lloyd clip.
This 7, 1/2 min. clip is somehow eons ahead of anything we have today. These old-time actors were literally willing to do anything, and despite the massive technological odds these clips are actually captivating.
I used to watch Harold Lloyd when i was kid in the 70s. His show used to be on TV every afternoon at 5:30 just before the 6 oclock news.
I just showed this to my little brother. Every five seconds: "Oh my gosssssh!"
Harold Lloyd was another actor who was ahead of his time. Like Buster Keaton, he was also an amazing stuntman. RIP Harold Lloyd!
There was a platform 15 feet below him. Google the photo. He was no Buster Keaton.
Such clever chaps and an equally slick production team, both pre and post-production!
Fantastic trick photography! Until I saw the definitive video showing how they shot this scene, I was convinced he was really 12 stories above the street. Super!
There is no trick photography. There are some cleaver camera angles. There is a platform below him just out of shot.
I love Harold Lloyd
I know how it was done but it still gives me the shivers.
It looks more real than any of today's movies with all the modern effects.
Panic courses through my mind constantly what a frightening thing to perform!!!
Amazing! It looks so real even today. Harold was a genius so was Buster!🎥
You are amazing. Love the piano piece--it soooo fits.
Great music composition! It really captures the mood while remaining true to the original; sort of like "The Artist."
Wow. Haven’t seen this since it was on Saturday afternoon tv when I was a kid (70s). His comedy was a bit before it’s time. Hooray for Harold Lloyd!
I saw a 1965 interview with Harold Lloyd in the recommendations on this movie.
I’m glad to see he survived this then!
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This guy was Crazy Good...but mostly, just crazy.
I can't believe no one has mentioned the music! It's very good, and if I hadn't been told it was composed recently, I would have assumed it was written to be sent around to movie houses and played with the original run of the film! Very well done! :)
i never thought i'd be this entertained by a movie from 100 years ago
Its been a decade since I last watched this, but its holds up as legitimately terror inducing.