It tells the fact-based story of two athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.

As the couple dances, Maude tells Harold that she " couldn't imagine a lovelier farewell.

He also tells Harold not to marry Maude.

Seattle's Harold Reynolds led the league with 60 steals ; Reynolds tells the story of getting an impish phone call from Henderson after the season:

A story of doubtful authenticity tells how he refused to crown King Harold Harefoot, as he had promised Cnut to crown none but a son of the king by his wife, Emma.

Later that day, Laura realizes pages are missing from her secret diary, and tells her friend, the agoraphobic Harold Smith ( Lenny Von Dohlen ), about it.

Harold tells Laura that BOB is not real.

Chester tells Harold later that Harrison caught wind that one of the animals in the shelter was very valuable.

Once they reach a house right in the middle of the woods, Chester tells a story about Bunnicula's origin in an attempt to lull Dawg to sleep and allow himself, Harold, and Howie to escape ; he claims that Bunnicula is the child of two rabbits who were artificially transformed into vampires by a lonely vampiric scientist named Diabolicus, and that three humans that he turned into vampires live in the house right before them right now, continuing his work.

Rose, Harold's wife and the town mayor, tells Harold that he is babying her and she is unwelcome in her house until she follows the rules, which forces Amy to move in with her grandmother, Edna.

After a vacation on an African safari, Rose tells Harold that she wants to adopt a child.

At the hospital, Rose shares her fears and Harold tells her that she is fine – the doctor called right before Bright's accident.

Sarah tells Harold about Meg's situation while Chloe and Nick go to bed together, even though he warns her of his condition.

Moreover, Spycatcher tells of the MI6 plot to assassinate President Nasser during the Suez Crisis ; of joint MI5-CIA plotting against left-wing British Prime Minister Harold Wilson ( secretly accused of being a KGB agent by the Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn ); and of MI5 ’ s eavesdropping on high-level Commonwealth conferences.

Family lore tells us that Harold and his brothers, Wesley, Clarence, and Loren, were encouraged to run and practice jumping hurdles on the farm.

As Harold and his followers purge the town of Christianity as their ancestors did years ago, Levi tells Steve that he must have Jesus on his side to have a hope of defeating the dragon before taking his turn in death.

An homage to James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the novel is written in the first person and tells the story of Harold, a young man who gets sucked into Brooklyn's underworld scene, while living with an overbearing mother.

The film ends as Rolfe tells King Harold about the " three crowns of the Saxon kings.

Half an hour later, Mrs Rice joins Harold and tells him that Philip is dead, killed by the blow.

All seems to go well and the next day Harold sees Mrs Rice speaking with a police officer and she tells him that the death has been declared as being from natural causes and that they are all in the clear.

She translates for Harold and tells him that they know what really happened ( their room being next to Elsie's ) and that they are blackmailing the English people.

Poirot promises to help and the next day he tells Harold that he has been successful and that the blackmailers have been dealt with.

Harold, Tanner, and the others free Jimmy who tells them the crow is dying.

Mr. Johnson tells Harold not to get involved with Earnestine, because her family is too " common ," and he can't risk the big future he has ahead of him.

Harold and Maude ( 1971 ) was not successful financially at the time of its original release, but has since earned a cult following and has become successful following its video and DVD releases.

In 1970 the movie Harold and Maude was filmed at the toll plaza and showed Maude speeding and disobeying a police officer.

In the 1971 movie Harold and Maude the character Harold, played by Bud Cort, drives two hearses: originally a 1959 Cadillac Superior 3-way ; and then later a custom hearse he makes from a 1971 Jaguar XK-E 4. 2 Series II.

Several " Harold and Maude " fans have since built similar hearses from E-Types and photos of them can be found online.

Harold and Maude is a 1971 American dark comedy film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures.

Harold drifts away from the life that his detached mother ( Vivian Pickles ) prescribes for him, and develops a relationship with a 79-year-old woman named Maude ( played by Ruth Gordon ).

Harold and Maude was also a play on Broadway that closed after four performances.

Cover of the Harold and Maude video, with lead actors Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort

At a funeral service for a total stranger, Harold meets Maude ( Ruth Gordon ), a 79-year-old woman who shares Harold's hobby of attending funerals.

The pair form a bond, and Maude slowly shows Harold the pleasures of art and music ( Harold is taught to play banjo ), and teaches him how to " the most of his time on earth.

As they become closer, Harold announces that he will marry Maude, resulting in disgusted outbursts from his family, psychiatrist and priest.

Harold rushes Maude to the hospital, where she is treated unsuccessfully and dies.

The effort is thwarted by a stunt in which Harold appears to kill Maude.

Harold and Maude is # 45 on the American Film Institute ’ s list of 100 Years ... 100 Laughs, the list of the top 100 films in American comedy.

Two years later, AFI released the list AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions honoring the most romantic films for the past 100 years, Harold and Maude ranked # 69.

Harold and Maude was acknowledged as the ninth best film in the romantic comedy genre.

Harold is death, Maude life, and they manage to make the two seem so similar that life ’ s hardly worth the extra bother.

In the 1971 film Harold and Maude, Maude shows Harold her painting titled " The Rape of Rome ," which includes Leda and the Swan in the bottom right corner.