"Movie fans who seek out Harold and Maude for the performances of Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon get a bonus in the many Bay Area locations. Obituary: Harold and Maude' star Bud Cort dies at 77 The 1971 movie directed by Hal Ashby a black comedy about an odd couple includes scenes at San Francisco's Sutro Baths, the Emeryville mud flats and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. The map below focuses on less recognizable sites on the Peninsula."
"1/ Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. This is the first of the movie's cemetery scenes; a later one is at Golden Gate National Cemetery. 2/ The mansion. The Hillsborough estate used as the residence of Harold's family has since been subdivided, but the mansion itself still stands on what is now called Stacey Court. 3/ The church. Harold and Maude meet at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto."
"6/ Save the tree! Maude does doughnuts in the intersection of Marshall and Hamilton in Redwood City before she snags the potted tree outside the courthouse. 7/ Old Dumbarton Bridge. The couple's encounters with a cop played by Tom Skerritt are at a toll plaza that no longer exists and on the former bridge, which was blown up in 1984."
The 1971 movie Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby, is a black comedy about an odd couple and features many Bay Area filming locations. Scenes were shot at San Francisco's Sutro Baths, the Emeryville mud flats, and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, with additional sites across the Peninsula. Specific locations include Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, a Hillsborough mansion on Stacey Court, St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto, Maude's railcar originally along Oyster Point Boulevard, and a daisy field on the Cozzolini farm site in Half Moon Bay. Other notable spots include Redwood City intersections, the Old Dumbarton Bridge toll area, the Horse Park at Woodside, a Burlingame hospital site now occupied by Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, and Mori Point in Pacifica. The film is available on streaming services such as Pluto TV and Kanopy for many library cardholders.
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