Is that Harvard on the Silver Screen?

Love Story, 1970 This weeper, which was voted the No. 9 most romantic movie of all time by the American Film Institute, soured relations between Harvard and Hollywood. Damage to campus during shooting prompted the school’s no-filming policy. Couldn’t the filmmakers have told the Harvard brass that moviemaking means never having to say you’re sorry? Pictured here are Ryan O'Neil and Ali MacGraw.
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By Sarah Thomas / Town Correspondent

Love Story, 1970

This weeper, which was voted the No. 9 most romantic movie of all time by the American Film Institute, soured relations between Harvard and Hollywood. Damage to campus during shooting prompted the school’s no-filming policy. Couldn’t the filmmakers have told the Harvard brass that moviemaking means never having to say you’re sorry?

Pictured here are Ryan O'Neil and Ali MacGraw.