Other mistake: As Harold begins to scale the DeVore Department Store building in Los Angeles, the intersection shown in the background is 10th Street and Broadway. In later scenes, it is 9th Street and Broadway. In the final scenes, it is 6th Street and Spring Street.
Safety Last! (1923)
1 other mistake
Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Starring: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Bill Strother
Continuity mistake: As Harold scales a six-story building, the background is of a busy Los Angeles street with a department store and other businesses. When Harold reaches the fifth floor, the background is a completely different street.
Old Lady With Flower Hat: Young man, don't you know you might fall and get hurt?
Trivia: The scenes of Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a skyscraper clock were filmed on a facade erected on the roof of the L.L. Burns Building at 908 South Broadway in Los Angeles.
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