harol lloyd death defying stunts

[tali122]

the silent harol lloyd movies appear to show him doing some death defying stunts on skyscrapers- how where they done -they look very real- remarkable considering the age of the movies

[Mortartube]

Well, the most famous one of him hanging from the hand of a clock on a tall building (from the film Safety Last), was done by building a set of the clock on the flat roof of a tall building and then shooting from a high angle (About 40 degrees from horizontal),so that the camera is looking down onto the street below. In reality he was about 5 feet off the ground. You can see the sort of angle in this picture of the stunt.

http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Lloyd,%20Harold/Lloyd, %20Harold%20(Safety%20Last)_01.jpg

[Mortartube]

That link doesn't seem to work, try this one.

http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Star%20Pages/Lloyd,%2 0Harold.htm

[kempie]

Fixed link1 

Fixed link2 

[kempie]

Forgot to mention that his stunts are all the more amazing when you consider that he was missing the thumb & forefinger from his right hand which he disguised by wearing a glove.

[Mortartube]

Thanks for the link fixing Kempie

[kempie]

Mortartube - I find if you type a space after the http link then the end of paragraph tag isn't appended to the link (rendering it invalid) when you submit your answer.

[jno]

he lost his fingers doing a stunt - a bomb blew them off. (Not a dangerous stunt as such: it was meant to be a fake bomb but wasn't.)