Safety Last! (1923) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Romance · Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer · Starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
Where was Safety Last! filmed?
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Harold climbs the exterior of the tall building in the famous clock-hanging sequence. The iconic 12-story building climb was filmed on a real downtown Los Angeles street, with careful camera angles creating the illusion of extreme height
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Various exterior scenes and street sequences throughout the film. This historic Los Angeles neighborhood provided multiple street-level filming locations for the comedy's establishing and transitional scenes
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Interior scenes and building entrance sequences. The iconic Victorian-era commercial building served as an interior filming location for scenes depicting the department store where Harold works