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Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Safety Last! (1923)

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Safety Last!, 1923.

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A gag in the very first shot, Nebraska-born Harold Lloyd as "The Boy" appearing doomed when he's only waiting for a train, introduction of "The Girl" (Mildred Davis) and framing the story, opening the hit Hal Roach comedy Safety Last!, 1923.
Safety Last! (1923) -- (Movie Clip) Clock Tower
Just a portion of Harold Lloyd's famous "Clock Tower" sequence, "the boy" being helped by pal Bill Strother, shot on a Los Angeles high-rise, from Saftey Last!, 1923.
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Hoping not to get caught sneaking back into work late at the department store, "the boy" (Harold Lloyd) resorts to an improbable disguise in Safety Last!, 1923.
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"The Boy" (Harold Lloyd) has ten minutes to get back to work, so he improvises transportation in the big city in a famous sequence from Safety Last!, 1923.

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