As the curtain fell on Season II of Silent Movie Mondays, Safety Last! proved to be the perfect finale—a film filled with ...

The classic Harold Lloyd comedy “Safety Last” is turning 100 years old this year. But with its heavy dollops of action and a superstar’s real-life derring-do, it doesn’t seem a day over 10, even if it ...

Presented by the Music Box and the Silent Film Society of Chicago, this series of double features ($10.50 admission) showcases new prints from the silent and early sound career of slapstick master ...

The silent film star was one of the most popular screen comedians in the 1920s, outdrawing even Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. His films almost always had the same plot: a wimpy striver in round ...

Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin were major silent screen stars, but with his horn-rimmed glasses and straw hat, Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was one of the most daring and beloved comedic stars of ...

“Safety Last!,” the 1923 Harold Lloyd movie best known for the dangerous scene, marks its centennial. By David Belcher It is one of the most enduring images from the silent film era, and arguably the ...

Harold Lloyd (April 18, 1893 –March 8, 1971) was an American actor. He has been called the cinema’s “first man in space.” His comedy wasn’t imported from Vaudeville or the British Music Hall like his ...