¡Ay, que me caigo!

¡Ay, que me caigo! (1930)

Feet First

Harold Horne (Harold Lloyd) es un vendedor de zapatos quien por casualidad conoce a Bárbara, la hija de su jefe, y se enamora de ella. Horne le cuenta a la chica que él es un magnate del cuero y debe esconder la verdad para no desilusionarla.Decide hacer lo posible para cortejarla, aunque eso signifique escalar todo un edificio. Más tarde, al tratar de entregar una carta, Horne se halla a sí mismo colgando de los andamios de un edificio, a muchos metros de altura sobre las calles de la ciudad.

Fecha de estreno
1930-10-30
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (26)
Duración
1 h 31 min
Géneros
Comedia
Director
Clyde Bruckman

Reparto

Curiosidades

Feet First is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, a popular daredevil comedian during the 1920s and early 1930s. It was Lloyd's second sound film. The film's copyright was renewed in 1957 and it entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.

Production

This was Lloyd's second film with Barbara Kent, and the last occasion on which he would appear with the same leading lady.

The skyscraper sequence used techniques similar to those on Lloyd's most famous film, the silent Safety Last! (1923). The scene was filmed without special effects or back projection. Before the scene in the 1962 compilation film Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (produced by Lloyd), a title card reads:

"This sequence was made without trick photography and before process was perfected. The action — at all times — actually occurred as high up as you see it happen."

The impression of height was achieved by use of a skyscraper façade built on the roof of the Southern California Gas Company building at 848 South Broadway in Los Angeles. Lloyd had previously used this technique in Safety Last! at a location only a few blocks away from that used for Feet First.

The film was rereleased in the 1960s as part of the feature Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy, in which Lloyd overdubbed some of his original dialogue, including changing the name of a black character originally named Charcoal. He also added a dramatic underscore to the climb sequence that was composed by Walter Scharf. In the original release, the scene had no music.

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