Safety Last! with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

TICKET PRICES
$25

Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last! (1923) tells the story of a young department store clerk who leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big, his sweetheart will join him and marry him. The iconic “man hanging from the clock" scene can be seen on the Majestic’s big screen with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra performing the score live from the pit!  

With 765 screenings across 48 States and 7 countries to its credit, The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (PRO) is one of the world’s foremost silent film accompanists. From Hollywood (the American Cinematheque) to Chicago (the Ravinia Festival) to New York (Lincoln Center) – PRO leads the way in designing, producing, and performing silent film programs for delighted modern audiences of all ages. 

Paragon also has one of the world’s best collections of original period film scores (more than 900 titles c. 1898-1928), which adds unmatched historical depth to its screenings. PRO’s programs are real shows inspired by the glamorous presentational style of America’s “Movie Palaces” of the 1910s and ’20s. Early cinema is a vast world of entertainment waiting to be enjoyed, and nobody brings it back to life as grandly as the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra! 

Founder Rick Benjamin and the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra were recently featured in the new PBS Television show Great Performances program Now Hear This: Everyone Loves Joplin. Click here to learn more more!