Most of us will remember Chaplin. Especially while talking about black&white silent film era.
…but there was another man who made movies still worth watching.
He made around 200 movies in his whole career.
During the shooting of a movie, a real bomb exploded in his hand, causing him to lose two fingers, a burned face and damaged eyesight. It took months to recover and continue with the film. After that incident, he played with a prosthetic glove having artificial fingers for his missing ones. In most movies, it was hard to notice one of his hands was fake.

He was a commercial success, a low-profile actor and making more money than Charlie Chaplin.

Then he shot a movie which became a cult with the screenplay and breathtaking scenes.

All stunts played by himself.

Safety Last!(1923) is still fun to watch. Dangerous scenes in the movie made people discuss for years on how they were shot.

The story of Harold Lloyd(1893-1971) is a good example of how misfortune could not beat creativity inside.

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