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: With a piece of white chalk, Harold Lloyd writes "kick me" in reverse on one of the columns of a department store. Harold later leans against the column and the words appear on the back of his coat. A young boy kicks Harold and as Harold turns to walk away, the words have disappeared.
Dept Store General Manager: The idea of working in your shirt sleeves! Think of the shock to your customers _ women of culture and refinement.
Trivia: Harold Lloyd was missing two fingers from when a prop went off that he was holding from a previous film a few years earlier on his right hand. He wore a prosthetic glove. If you look close enough, the differences in his hands, especially hanging from the infamous clock scene.
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