Editing Safety Last! (section)

==Production==
[[File:Safetylast-1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The iconic shot of Lloyd hanging from the clock]]
Lloyd hanging from a giant clock on the corner of a building was seen as an iconic image for him, though it was achieved through a certain degree of improvisation.<ref name="westerncostumeresearch">{{cite web |title=Filming Safety Last (1923) |url=http://www.westerncostumeresearch.com/western-costume-research-blog/filming-safety-last-1923/ |website=Western Costume Research Library |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=21 August 2015 |quote=One of the most iconic scenes in silent cinema was filmed on the roof of Western Costume Company.}}</ref><ref name="silentlocations-safety-last">{{cite web |last=Bengtson |first=John |title=How Harold Lloyd Filmed Safety Last! |url=https://silentlocations.com/2012/02/29/how-harold-lloyd-filmed-safety-last/ |website=silent locations |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=29 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The thrilling Harold Lloyd |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-thrilling-harold-lloyd/ |website=cbsnews.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harold Lloyd Safety Last! |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/harold-lloyd-safety-last |website=Getty Images |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harold Lloyd Safety Last! |url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/harold-lloyd-safety-last!.html |website=Alamy |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> Lloyd performed most of his own stuntwork, but a circus performer was used when The Boy hangs by a rope, and a stunt double &ndash; sometimes Bill Strother, who played "Limpy" Bill<ref name="iu.edu-Allison-Safety">{{cite web |last1=Allison |first1=Caleb |title=Safety Last! and the Spectacle of the Human Fly |url=https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2019/02/25/safety-last-and-the-spectacle-of-the-human-fly/ |website=[[Indiana University]] Cinema |date=25 February 2019}}</ref> and was a [[steeplejack]] who inspired the sequence when Lloyd saw him climbing &ndash; was used in long shots. The giant clock scene was filmed on the roof of [[Broadway Leasehold Building]], as was the final shot of the film.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Harold Lloyd Filmed Safety Last! |first=John |last=Bengtson|website=silentlocations.com |url=https://silentlocations.com/2012/02/29/how-harold-lloyd-filmed-safety-last/|date=February 29, 2012 }}</ref>

A number of buildings from 1st Street to 9th Street in downtown [[Los Angeles]], all of different heights, were used, with sets built on their roofs to match the facade of the main building, the [[International Savings & Exchange Bank Building|International Bank Building]] at Temple and Spring Streets.<ref name=tcmnotes/> In this way, the illusion of Lloyd climbing higher and higher up the side of one building was created (although the streetscapes seen beyond the sets are noticeably different at different stages of the climb).<ref name=tcmnotes>{{cite web |title=Safety Last! (1923) – Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5762/safety-last#notes |website=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=June 2, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812085019/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/5762/Safety-Last-/notes.html |archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>

Stuntman [[Harvey Parry]] also appeared in the climactic sequence, a fact he revealed only after Lloyd's death. In the 1980 [[Thames Television]] series ''[[Hollywood (1980 TV series)|Hollywood]]'', he discussed at length how the stunts were achieved.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 Dangerous Stunts of the Silent Movie Era |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/28422/6-dangerous-stunts-silent-movie-era |website=Mentalfloss.com |date=August 4, 2011 |access-date=June 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607070801/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28422/6-dangerous-stunts-silent-movie-era |archive-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref>