Bonus: SAFETY LAST AT 100

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Harold Lloyd dangling from the hands of a clock on the side of a building is arguably the most famous single image from the silent-film era. The movie in which that scene appears, Safety Last, was made in 1923 and is being screened Sunday at 2pm at the Academy Museum, with a 27-piece orchestra playing the late Carl Davis’s original score. Leonard and Jessie are delighted to welcome back Suzanne Lloyd, who was raised by her grandfather and grandmother, and her longtime friend Rich Correll, who as a teenager began the process of preserving Harold Lloyd’s film collection. We owe them both a debt of thanks for keeping these movies safe for current and future generations to enjoy.

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0:29.6	Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton. You're listening to Malton on Hoopies.
0:40.1	And our subject today is the great Harold Lloyd, that masterful silent comedian and comedy producer.
0:48.6	And with us are his granddaughter. I was going to say producer of excellent grandchildren. That's right. And
0:56.0	Keeper of the Flame. Yes, Suzanne Lloyd. Welcome back, Sue. Thank you very much, Leonard and Jesse.
1:04.0	And with her is Rich Carrell. Rich Carrell, who's had an unbelievable career, really,
1:14.3	as a child actor, and then as a prolific director
1:20.0	of television episodes, creator of Hannah Montana.
1:24.6	And I've heard of that show. Was Harold Lloyd on Hannah Montana. I've heard of that show.
1:28.2	Was Harold Lloyd on Hannah Montana?
1:30.5	No.
1:31.3	Why hasn't anyone done that spin-off?
1:33.8	Yeah, that would have a good one.
1:35.1	Hannah and Harold.
1:36.6	But Rich and Sue are lifelong friends, and at a certain point, and we'll get into this,
1:43.3	Harold Lloyd tasked you with the, I would think, formidable challenge of preserving his films, protecting his vault of a life's work.
2:03.6	So we're doing all this because this Sunday,
2:07.6	if you're listening to our podcast on a prompt basis,
2:12.6	this Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at its museum theater is going to screen
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