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  1. Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Christopher Norris. Based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman "Hermie" Raucher , it follows a teenage boy who, during the summer of 1942 on Nantucket , embarks on a one-sided romance with a young woman, Dorothy, whose husband has gone off to fight in ...

  2. Dec 22, 2023 · The movie Summer of ’42 is a timeless classic that has captivated audiences since its release in 1971. Set during World War II, this coming-of-age tale follows the story of Hermie, a young teenager who falls in love with an older woman while his friends are away at war. Directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gary Grimes, Jennifer O’Neill ...

  3. Nostalgia is used as a distancing device — to keep us safely insulated from the boy’s immediate grief, love, and passion. “Summer of ’42” seems to be suggesting, between its frames, that since all these things happened long ago and far away, in a world of meat rationing and old Unguentine ads and black Hudsons with running boards and theories about the care and use of rubbers, that ...

  4. During his summer vacation on Nantucket Island in 1942, young Hermie, eagerly awaiting his first sexual encounter, develops an innocent love for young war bride Dorothy who is awaiting news about her soldier husband's fate in WWII. Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of ...

  5. Jun 2, 2020 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Summer of '42 has a large amount of charm and tenderness; it also has little ... The long glances expressed allow the emotions to be absorbed. As ...

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    • Robert Mulligan
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    • Gary Grimes
  6. Summer of '42 -- (Movie Clip) I Can Go Further Hermie (Gary Grimes) lucks out, finding war-wife Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill) needing an assist at the grocery, summering in a Long Island beach town, in director Robert Mulligan's Summer Of '42, 1971.

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  8. Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age film based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman "Hermie" Raucher.It tells the story of how Raucher, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket Island (off the coast of Cape Cod), embarks on a one-sided romance with a young woman, Dorothy, whose husband has gone off to fight in World War II.

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