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  1. Summer of ’42. 102 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1971. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1971. 3 min read. Word comes to the woman that her husband has been killed in action, and almost wordlessly she takes the adolescent boy to her bed that very same night. The next day she is gone, leaving behind a note in which she gently declines to comment on the meaning of ...

  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. "Summer of '42" is a memory movie, written, directed and acted with such uncommon good humor that I don't think you'll be put off by its sweet soft-focus, at least until you start analyzing it ...

  4. Teenage Herman Raucher (Gary Grimes), summering on Nantucket Island with his sex-obsessed pals Oscy (Jerry Houser) and Benji (Oliver Conant) during World War II, meets Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill ...

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  5. 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 ...

  6. Apr 12, 2023 · Directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant and Jennifer O’Neill, Summer of ’42 forms part of a short-lived subgenre that included films like Love Story, The Other Side of The Mountain, The Promise, and A Warm December. The first years of the 1970s truly were the golden age of “love stories gone awry”.

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  8. The movie isn't set up to tell a story about a boy who was young in the summer of 1942; it insists on presenting itself, instead, as an adult memory of that long-ago summer. We don't learn very much about the boy because the movie's adult point of view refuses to come to terms with him. 63. Chicago Reader Dave Kehr.

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