“Those who have seen ‘Benny and Joon’ may know that Johnny Depp was imitating various gags made famous by silent comics Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin. Towards the end of the movie, he climbs up the side of a building, definitely a Harold Lloyd thing. This is a scene from Lloyd’s most famous ledge-walking film, ‘Safety Last,’ in 1923. It is set to ‘Swinging’ by Rachel Portman, and it is the soundtrack from Depp’s Lloydesque scene in ‘Benny and Joon.’Harold’s lady here is Mildred Davis. She had replaced Bebe Daniels to be Harold’s second leading lady. But this was Mildred’s last movie, because she married Harold that year and retired to become a mom. She was replaced by Harold’s third leading lady, Jobyna Ralston.”
