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. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd’s status as a major figure in early motion pictures. It is still popular at revivals, and it is viewed today as one of the great film comedies.
Synopsis – In 1922, country boy Harold says goodbye to his mother and girlfriend Mildred at the train station and leaves Great Bend expecting to be successful in the big city. Harold promises to Mildred he will marry her as soon as he “makes good”. Harold shares a room with his friend “Limpy” Bill and he finally gets a job as salesman in the De Vore Department Store. However, he pawns Bill’s phonograph, buys a lavaliere and writes to Mildred telling that he is a manager of De Vore. One day, Harold sees an old friend from Great Bend who is a policeman and when he meets his friend Bill, he asks Bill to push the policeman over and make him fall down. However Bill pushes the wrong policeman who chases him, but he escapes climbing up a building. Out of the blue, Mildred is convinced by her mother to visit Harold without previous notice and he pretends to be the manager of De Vore. When Harold overhears the general manager telling that he would give one thousand dollars to to anyone that could promote De Vore attracting people to the department store, he offers five hundred dollars to Bill to climb up the Bolton Building. However things go wrong when the angry policeman decides to check whether the mystery man that will climb up the building is the one who pushed him over on the floor.
Film duration 73 minutes. Doors & bar open at 11am. Movie starts at 12 noon. Coffee, tea, refreshments and snacks available. No need to book. Get your tickets at the door. $15 for adults and free for kids 13 and under. Movie starts at 12 noon.