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
, an extraordinary screen comic who made more than 250 features. His most popular films see him playing a relatable everyday chap, a boyish bespectacled character who strives for success and yearns for romance. Safety Last!, with its record-breaking box office, is his most celebrated work, but it came in a run of beloved silent and sound features.
Suzanne found it hard to identify the man on screen as her grandfather, but that news was at least reassuring. “He was sitting two rows behind me. I’m turning around going: ‘If Dad’s sitting right there, and this guy says: “This is Dad”, well, then he must end up OK.’” Lloyd had a penchant for high-rise comedy – as seen previously in films such as High and Dizzy and Never Weaken – as well as a fondness for real-life stunts. Suzanne remembers attending a screening of Safety Last! at Cannes in the 1960s. When the film finished, the septuagenarian Lloyd climbed on the railings of the balcony to greet the audience – much to Davis’s horror.
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