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Safety Last
(1923)
on

2005 New Line Home Entertainment edition

Safety Last (1923), color-toned black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, with Ask Father (1919), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated, From Hand to Mouth (1919), black & white, 22 minutes, not rated, An Eastern Westerner (1920), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, Why Worry? (1923), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, Girl Shy (1924), color-toned black & white and black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, The Cat’s-Paw (1934), black & white, 102 minutes, not rated, and The Milky Way (1936), black & white, 88 minutes, not rated.

New Line Home Entertainment, N8446,
UPC 7-94043-84462-1, ISBN 0-7806-5289-4.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, English and Spanish language subtitles, 17 chapter stops, keep case, $29.95.
DVD release date: 15 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this edition was a pleasant surprise when we were greeted with the familiar orchestral music score composed by Carl Davis for the Photoplay Productions video presentation of the iconic Safety Last, long out-of-print on VHS. The 35mm print utilized for the slightly color-toned video transfer is excellent, easily making this the best available edition of the film available on home video.

We highly recommend this edition of Safety Last.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

200? unknown Japanese edition

Safety Last (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Unknown home video company, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered? DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono? sound, English? language intertitles, foreign language subtitles?, chapter stops, keep case?, unknown suggested retail price.
DVD release date: 200?.
Country of origin: Japan

This unknown edition of Harold Lloyd’s best-known comedy showed up for sale on eBay. We do not know the gauge of the film print utilized for the video transfer.

Other silent era Harold Lloyd films available on DVD home video:
Dr. Jack (1922)
For Heaven’s Sake (1926)
The Freshman (1925)
Girl Shy (1924)
Grandma’s Boy (1922)
The Harold Lloyd Collection (1918-1922)
The Harold Lloyd Collection II (1918-1921)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 1 (1919-1936)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 2 (1919-1930)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection, Volume 3 (1920-1932)
The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Boxset (1919-1936)
Haunted Spooks (1920)
Hot Water (1924)
The Kid Brother (1927)
A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Speedy (1928)
Why Worry? (1923)

Other Harold Lloyd films available on DVD home video:
Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy (1962)

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