This is a beautiful movie. I consider myself tremendously lucky. For me, it was the summer of 1977. I was 16 in a high-school medical training program. My emergency medical training mentor was Penny. She was 30, an EMT with a nursing background. We made a very special connection. We eventually became EMT/Paramedic partners working on the ambulance together for many years (decades). In fact, we worked the vast majority of our EMS careers together. We were a great team on and off duty, building a successful life together. Suffering and sacrificing together, but with a fair amount of happiness as well. I knew Penny for 43 great years. We lived together for 30 years, married 15 of them (I was her second husband). Due to the type of work we did , we were not spared all the senseless tragedies. However, we had each other to overcome adversity. Unfortunately, Penny passed away suddenly in May of 2020. I can tell you they don't women like Penny any more. I love and miss you, my wonderful wife. But life goes on.
WOW, what a powerful story and thanks for sharing, Rick! But how sad that your dear Penny passed on and my condolences to you. Thank God you have the memories of her to forever cherish and she lives on in your heart. 😇
Rick, I just read this. As cliche' as it seems, the line "it's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all" DO SO ring true! Works with pet loss, too!! 💯💯 Sigh.
I was 21 when the movie came out. I saw it at a drive-in with a friendly, smiling girl who lived in my apartment building. When I first saw it, I got nostalgic for the middle teenage years of my life. Now I watch the movie and have those same feelings, but I also become sentimental for that first time watching the movie in 1972. The girl, my old '65 Pontiac LeMans, and Summer of '42 at a drive-in theater.
GREAT memories and thanks for sharing! I was 18 and had just graduated from high school when I saw this beloved movie in 1971 at an indoor theater in San Jose, CA. with a high school classmate of mine on our first date. She LOVED the movie, too! This movie was at the theater for almost ONE year since it was that popular. I fell in love with the movie and music the first time I saw it and it still gives me goosebumps and cherished memories even today of a much more innocent time back then that I will always miss AND when Hollywood made GREAT movies!
@@Keyboardhugo It is a movie that is well worth watching. It was one of the BIGGEST hits of 1971 and Michel Legrand won an Oscar for the soundtrack. The performances of Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes were especially touching, esp. near the end of the movie.
I saw this when it first came out. I had just graduated from high school. I could identify with the pathetic awkwardness of Hermie, the approach-avoidance towards sex and embarrassing fumbling as Hermie tried to impress Dorothy. I teared up then as Hermie read Dorothy's letter. And I still do whenever I see see this sequence. Yesterday, I reread the novel and found myself tearing up again. Herman Raucher's words and Robert Mulligan's voice over as the adult Hermie are emotionally powerful. Michel Legrand's score is the cherry on top of beautiful film.
OMG I did not know that! R.I.P. Hermie. Your story touched me deeply. Strange too because I just rewatched the movie a week ago. First time was in 1980 on tv when I was 15. I could watch the opening and closing scenes of this movie all day long.
@@reesebn38 Wow, I did not know that Herman died last December right after Christmas. I also LOVE the opening and closing scenes of this movie and could also watch them over and over, though I felt the ending was rushed. It would have been nicer to see Hermie a bit longer on the porch while he was reading the letter. Anyhow, this is one of my all-time favorite movies and I LOVE the theme music which adds to the magic of this movie. Makes me feel like being 18 all over again back in the fall of 1971. 😎
Did anyone else watch this at age 13 on the TV late show on a cold midwest Saturday night, and stare at that empty beach house with the waves in the background, and just feel sheer emptiness and utter melancholy? Or was it just me? 40 some years later it still wrecks me.
At the time the movie came out I was just coming out of a relationship with an older woman. I was 17. I was heartbroken that this woman realized that it wasn't a proper thing to be in with me. I still had another year of high scool to complete. The movie just reopened a wounded heart. Everytime I watch that movie I relate to what I had once experieced in my life and will never forget or regret.
@@fredcampbell9237 WOW, I can only imagine what you experienced at such a young age and how you felt at that time..........and will always feel for the rest of your life. Thanks for sharing a part of your story. I hope that you DO get some good feelings from this movie after what happened to you.
first saw the film in '71. turned 64 a few weeks back. first time i realized i was getting old. it was difficult to leave that film from my mind. may be it was the hemp!
An absolute Masterpiece . that's Director Robert Mulligan narrating. This ending gets to me, every time. I cannot explain just why, but it does, every time. ----MJL, 77 y/o
@michaellazzeri2069: GREAT comments and thanks for sharing! One of the BEST movies of my lifetime and I am now 71. I took my first date with a girl to see it and we both LOVED it back in 1971 after we graduated from high school. Check out the 50th Anniversary Reunion Video on TH-cam with the stars of the movie other than Gary Grimes who decided to not be with the others and he was really missed. He was AWESOME as "Hermie" and for some reason, I saw a lot of myself in him back then when I was 18, though I never had a relationship with an older woman like he did.
I was a prepubescent child when I saw this on TV but I fully understood the story and its implications. Looking back after watching it again as an adult many years later it amazes me how universal this story is. No matter what generation you're from, we all were young once and feared getting older and finding and losing love when it wasn't expected. This movie will always mean that to me.
***** Hello! Incredibly touching movie... So tender story and a perfect music match. Have you ever watched Doctor Zhivago, English Patient and A Man and a Woman? They are really romantic movies. If you want, there are others that I can tell you later. ;-)
Hi Ana, I love the sensitivities in this movie. This was a true story. It's more than just a coming of age story, so much more. I saw Dr. Zhivago, beautiful, sad, wonderful movie. I haven't seen the other two you mentioned. If ever you want to watch a tender touching story, assuming you haven't seen it already, The Bridges of Madison County. Directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as leading man with Meryl Streep.
+stormatsunup Hey! Thanks for your reply! I really love this kind of movie and so who loves it too! I've planning for a long time to watch "The Bridges of Madison County"! I'll try to watch this week and so I can tell you my impressions (although I my very sure that it is a wonderful movie, due to your very good taste)!
I'm choked up now with tears in my eyes as I was when I saw it as a youngster about his age. It has touched generations of us and will always be remembered.
It happens almost every one’s life. We meet. Like each other very much. Then, get separated and never see each other again. But the image in our minds is never erased.
This ending brings me to tears--& at 71 y/o, you'd think I'd long be past them, but NO---this is one film that does it to me, every time. -----------------WolfSky9
I will never ever forget that ending...It still haunts me today...Powerful and unforgettable. .I first saw it at 13 yrs old...Fell in love with Jennifer just like many other boys did...Such a true natural beauty..This is one of those movies that sticks with you for a lifetime..
Love this movie so much, saw it again on TCM a few days ago....I still have my paperback book that I bought when I was 17....such a wonderful, funny, moving true story....wouldn't it be nice if everyone had a summer of '42 ~~
Sometimes in an ever complex world where it’s easy to get lost in our own self impotence a visit back to the summer of 42 is all we need to reconnect with reality and the deep emotional bond we need to ground us during life’s journey.
@@railwaystationmaster Thanks for sharing your very touching thoughts. I saw this movie when I was 18 in 1971 with my date and she LOVED this movie, too! Since then, I have always had a "deep emotional bond" with this beloved movie that still touches my heart today at the age of 68.
i saw this again last week for the first time in many years, I guess having endured heart ache, loss, and the twists and turns of adulthood myself , the movies impact on me was triple and powerful
I hear you loud and clear, Mike, and I feel the same at almost the age of 70! This movie is one of the two most emotionally touching movies of my lifetime (along with "The Trouble With Angels").
I was too young in the seventies to appreciate such a poignant and stirring movie. When I see it here it reminds me of someone I loved that was never meant to be. I listen to the theme and remember that Saturday leaving her as the rain fell softly as my train rolled out of sight. It was a turning point for me because I felt loves joy and its sorrow. This person will never know what a valuable lesson I learned in my youth. I was forever changed afterwards, just as Hermie. I left that piece of myself behind never to return. It still makes me misty sometimes.
I was 23 when I saw this this movie. Cried my eyes out. Something about being an older teen - the 'coming of age' genre. It's universal. Plus it's a beautifully done movie with a perfect score.
One of the never to be forgotten moments in cinema history , the passing of over 50 years has not diminished it's impact on Hermie and many a viewer as it reaches deep inside the soul and forever breaks the human heart.
In the summer of 1977 I met Penny. I was 16, she was 30. I knew her for 43 great years. We eventually married. Unfortunately she died suddenly in 2020. I love and miss you, my wonderful wife.
My brother and sisters used to talk about this movie when I was a little kid. I finally got the chance to see it on TCM just a while ago. What a special and moving picture!
+William Thomaz De Aquino I don't watch anything new except Investigation Discovery, and true crime stories get sickening after a while. I'm so desperate to watch something older that I sat through Valley of the Dolls last night! LOL I prefer movies like this one.
Have you watched " TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD " ?? That was classic watched 7 times or I made the wife watch " THE AFRICAN QUEEN " ....magic story many elements
I have never understood why this ending brings me to tears, but it always does. Always. ---And, was there EVER a woman more beautiful than the glorious Jennifer O'Neill ???? ---------------WolfSky9, almost 71 y/o
So much of this - except for the Dorothy part - resonates with my own 'Summer of 42' ( it was 1969) that it has the power to bring me to tears even now.
This was a very powerful film, especially for its time. Jennifer O'Neill was 23, Gary Grimes was 16, and even though the scenes involved only kissing and their lying in bed side by side, that was still rather bold. In any event, despite being the middle aged man that I now am, I always choke up whenever I hear the musical theme and watch the conclusion. A shame that neither of these two performers achieved greater stardom, they were both excellent.
I agree with everything you said about these two wonderful actors and the movie. Both made some movies after "Summer of '42" but those movies could NOT compare to their roles in this memorable and nostalgic movie. I also LOVED the ending and the poignant final words, scenery and music but I felt it was rushed, especially with Hermie on the porch reading the letter. That scene faded away much too fast in my opinion but it still was a lovely ending to a touching movie like you said. (The sequel, "Class of '44," was a HUGE disappointment and Jennifer was not in that one and Oliver barely had a role in the film.)
I saw this movie on tv in the 70's when I was around "Hermie's" age, but it was relevant for me then. I never forgot it. But It really hit me when in the early years of youtube I decided to look it up to visit it again. I then was pulled back into my youth and rediscovered that time of my life when love was new and coming of age could be painful. The theme song always brings me back to that innocent time like nothing else. Bitter-sweet.
There was no internet to search and stalk some. No social media. No uploading of videoed private to sex to share with the masses to shame a scorned lover. No sharky vile comments on tweet. No shit. Kinda missed those simpler days.
Also the best thing about this movie is that it's a true story this really did happen hermie was the author of the book..and he narrated the end of the movie
Where I lived in San Jose, CA. at the time, it was at a theater for almost ONE year since it was that popular!!! It is one of my all-time favorite movies and was one of the most popular movies of 1971. I also LOVE it like you do.
I’ve seen thousands of movies but Summer of ‘42 is singular to me because I can remember every facet of having gone to see it. I was in the Air Force at Kessler AFB, MS. Bored I walked down a side street past a porn shop to the movie theater and left like Hermie changed. Now I’ve watched it perhaps 20 times and I still get that same feeling. It’s quite a movie.
Morris, thanks for sharing your nostalgic thoughts. This movie is one of my all-time favorites and I took my first date to see it in San Jose, CA. back in 1971. She loved it as much as I did. Yes, indeed, it is quite a special movie in so many ways with the acting, nostalgia, lovely scenery and the gorgeous soundtrack. Truly unforgettable for me when I was just 18 and had just graduated from high school. (There is a wonderful TH-cam 50th Anniversary Reunion Video with Jennifer, Jerry and Oliver that came out last year. It is really special to see but sadly, Gary decided to not be a part of it. Still worth viewing.)
@@clairelivefreeordie2551 The book was written after the film was made but before it's release. The studio didn't think the film was that good so they wanted to generate some advance publicity. The book became a best seller which in turn made the film very successful. The difference between the book and the film is the book is much more raw. The film is sweet and heartwarming/heartbreaking. I'm not going to give away any spoilers. You would have to read the book to understand my meaning. I highly recommend the book.
I was 16 in 1971 when this movie came out. Only to be wished that we could all come of age in such a positive way. This movie makes for a great substitute if only vicariously.
I was 18 when this movie came out and I took my first date with a girl to see it at a lovely theater in Campbell, CA. where this movie was at for almost a year!! It was that popular. This movie still touches my heart today 51 years later. It brings back so many memories of just graduating from high school and not knowing what I was going to do in life. Little did I know how tough of a decade the 1970's was going to be for me but this movie was indeed a BIG highlight of that decade. "Summer of '42" is one of my all-time favorite movies in so many ways and Gary Grimes and Jennifer O'Neill especially sparkled in their roles. And the magical music of Michel Legrand made it all even more special for all of us to forever cherish.
0:53-2:24 - *Dorothy:* _[voiceover]_ Dear Hermie, I must go home now. I'm sure you'll understand. There's much I have to do. I won't try and explain what happened last night, because I know that in time, you'll find a proper way in which to remember it. What I _will_ do is remember you. And I pray that you be spared all senseless tragedies. I wish you good things, Hermie. _Only_ good things. Always, Dorothy. *Herman Raucher:* _[narrating]_ I was never to see her again. Nor was I ever to learn what became of her. We were different then. Kids were different. It took us longer to understand the things we felt. Life is made up of small comings and goings. And for everything we take with us, there is something that we leave behind. In the Summer of '42, we raided the Coast Guard station four times, we saw five movies, and had nine days of rain. Benji broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica, and in a very special way, I lost Hermie. Forever. - When you get laid, all innocence is gone.
miss my youth have to admit, all the school friends are long gone and have never seen any of them through the years. Good memories though......................onward we go...............(great movie also, a CLASSIC as far as I am concerned)
I think your experience is the rule not the exception - three years after graduating high school 2 of friends were dead and like you very rarely have I seen any of my school friends
When casting for the role of Dorothy, Warner Bros. declined to audition any actresses younger than the age of 30; Jennifer O'Neill's agent, who had developed a fondness for the script, convinced the studio to audition his client, who was only 22 at the time. O'Neill auditioned for the role, albeit hesitantly, not wanting to perform any nude scenes. O'Neill got the role and Mulligan agreed to find a way to make the film work without blatant nudity.
Yup. I tell my young nieces and nephews that life is a looooong stretch of experiences. They get caught up in the present, but I tell them to take it as it comes and appreciate the good parts because as bad things can get you can get thru it and move on.
Love, so elusive to those who want to grab it, seize it, make it their own. Yet, it is never distant from any of us, always allowing itself to be seen close by. Sometimes by serendipity we touch love or it touches us, and those sublime feelings last but fleeting moments. It leaves, but not before leaving its memory. And that we hold on to forever.
One of my all-time favorite movies that I saw in 1971 with my first date. She also LOVED the movie. And so I share how you feel about this movie since it still touches my heart 50 years later. But "The Trouble With Angels" from 1966 is the movie that is most closest to my heart.
I grew up in those wonderful innocent times. Then after the 1950' something changed. Something deep in the human Soul. And it has never been the same since. I use to think it was my perception of things. Now I think it really was a universal change !!
Innocent? She committed the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Today, she would be charged with statutory rape. Why is it beautiful when it's a young boy with a grown woman but horrible when it's a young girl with a grown man?
Not cool! :) I still remember the evening I saw this in the theater when it came out, and I've revisited it on DVD, but coming across this last scene got, and gets to me beyond belief.
"And in a very "special way" I lost Hermie, forever". Hermie appeared to be more mature than his friends. And I always thought that he probably never shared that special experience with them. He kept it in his heart. Forever ...
I also felt his pain but in a MUCH different way about losing one's innocence forever in this life. I felt like that in 1967 after graduating from 8 years at a private grammar school that was like a family to me in so many ways. It was even more special when I had my FIRST crush in my life with the new girl in school in the 8th grade. Like Hermie, it ended in such a bittersweet way but it was also so innocent and unforgettable.
and so do I and at 76 years old now and all of the many memories, some bad as well as good............well then..........I'll leave it at that , beautiful movie....
LOVE this movie which is one of my all-time favorites! I saw it in 1971 with my date and she LOVED it, also! I just wish the ending would have lasted a bit longer. It seemed too rushed after Hermie found the letter on the porch and the scene faded away much sooner than what I had expected. Anyhow, this is a movie that I will always cherish for the acting, scenery, nostalgia AND Michel's LOVELY music!
It is amazing sometimes how our imagination around people in movies can affect our lives, Jennifer O'Neill in this movie, Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago , Katharine Ross in the Graduate were actually major contributors in the story of my own life!
continue to have a crush on each. for the same films except, for katharine Ross. prefer her in 'Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid' i'm taking your woman' ...'you can have her'
I love this movie so much. I watched it many times. It hits home on many levels for me. I especially love the various fog filters used on the camera lenses. The sequel is; The Class of 44.
I agree with you about the beauty of "Summer of '42 which is one of my all-time favorite movies and I am almost 70. But the sequel was BORING and did very poorly at the box office. NO WAY was it going to capture ANY of the magic of the original movie.
Most movies should only be watched for their entertainment value, they're not something to learn life lessons from...this movie is one of the rare exceptions to that rule.
Yes but the movie ended much too quickly for me. I wish the scene with Hermie reading the letter on the porch would have lasted longer than what it did, for example.
I read the novel first then saw the movie when I was a teenager...both changed my view on the world. In the novel an adult Hermie says that "whenever the world as punched him around too much he takes out Dorothy's note and reads it again". I do the very same thing with the book and the movie.
This movie has a rare "double nostalgia" effect on me. I saw it at a drive-in theater when it first came out. I was about 22. There was a scene in the movie where the three boys were nervously studying a stolen sex manual. I recalled with a smile having done the same thing when I was 14 or 15. Then, many years later, I saw the movie again and I recalled watching it at age 22 and how I had had a nostalgic response then to that "sex manual" scene in the movie. That recollection, in turn, made me nostalgic for that moment decades earlier, when I was in that drive-in theater when I was 22. As for the actual plot of the movie. Apparently the original thought of Herman Raucher (Hermie) was to write a nice remembrance for his pal Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer who was a medic killed in the Korean War. Apparently the plot with Dorothy kind of took over and that's the general direction the story went. As for Dorothy, Raucher believes that he actual heard from her soon after the movie came out. He is basing it on the fact that this one particular woman who contacted him knew things specific to their relationship that only the real Dorothy would know. She remarried, had kids and as of the early 1970s, was living a happy life. For the record, there actually was no sex between Hermie and Dorothy. The movie strongly suggests that there was but according to Raucher, Hollywood believed an evening featuring just some gentle words and a comforting embrace lacked sufficient heat for top box office success.
"For the record, there actually was no sex between Hermie and Dorothy. The movie strongly suggests that there was but according to Raucher [ there wasn't ]". The Movie does more than strongly suggest. It very discreetly and respectfully emphasizes that intimate scene. And sex does not always include intercourse. But it is strongly suggestive in the words of Dorothy's good-bye letter to Hermie. "I won't try to explain what happened last night, because I know in time, you'll find a proper way in which to remember it". But I can respect Raucher for protecting Dorothy's dignity.
some info on the writer: Herman Raucher Born April 13,1928- He was actually 14 yrs old when this occurred. Married Mary Martinet (dancer)1960-2002 (her death) Graduated from NYU (in the movie class of '44, Hermie goes to the U. of Connecticut. He has two daughters. Benjie was killed in WW2 and Oscy was killed in Korea. It is of course a great movie as everyone has commented. Next year will be the 50th anniversary and I hope they show on big screen again.
Actually I’m thinking Hermie was 16 in the summer 1942 . Bernie was born in 1928 and would be 91 today in 2021. Dorothy was 28 and was born in 1914. She would be well over 100 but most likely passed on. Hermie and his friends were too young for World War 2 but may have gone to Korea where they could have been killed? Hermie and his friends were 16 I presume going into 11th grade junior year in high school that summer on 1942
I recall watching this movie with my late mother back in the 70s , the passage of time has not diminished the intensity , the heartfelt ending that forever endures . Hermie played by Gary Grimes has all but vanished from public view , I can't help but wonder if this was in part due to this tragic ending, it would be wonderful to hear his recollection of such a seminal film .
I agree with you about Gary. Sure would be GREAT to hear from him today about his iconic role in this movie and about his life today but that is unlikely now. We can only wonder why he stays private. I respect him for that, of course, but I would still LOVE to hear his thoughts about his memorable role in this beloved film. There is an online photo of what he looks like today with the "Summer of '42" movie poster behind him. It might be on Wikipedia where I saw it. Anyhow, have you seen the AWESOME YT video with Jennifer, Jerry and Oliver with their "reunion" from last year? It is worth checking out. Gary was really missed, though. Christopher Norris was also supposed to be there but had a last-minute cancellation which was unfortunate since I would have LOVED to see and hear from her today, also. Jennifer still looked radiant after all of these years with her charming personality. Jerry was amusing, as usual, and Oliver was much more reserved. So GREAT to see all three of them now!
this movie reminds me of a girl that i had met in 72 ,I've never married ,i guess meeting Carol was my "summer of 42",we were the same age ,she is my only regret ,
He was different forever. I know this or sure because this exact same thing happened to me. But in my case I met her again 50 years later and the feelings were still the same. It's an incredible story.
@@tx7128 We most definitely fell in love in an instant and yes, she still feels that love to this day. It makes one wonder would would have got married later as our age difference was only about 10 years. Not to be!! :(
Base on a the true story of Herman Raucher, he even used the real names of his friends and Dorothy he actuality heard from her right after the movies came out in 71.
New York Times, 2000: The success of the movie also prompted a wave of letters from women saying they were the real Dorothy. One, however, seemed genuine to Mr. Raucher. ''It had the same handwriting as in the note she left me, which was in one of the last scenes of the movie. It was postmarked Ohio, with no address. I think that really was from Dorothy. She said she was worried about me.'' It was the last Mr. Raucher heard from the woman. ''She wrote that the ghosts of that time were better left alone.''
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This is a beautiful movie. I consider myself tremendously lucky.
For me, it was the summer of 1977. I was 16 in a high-school medical training program. My emergency medical training mentor was Penny. She was 30, an EMT with a nursing background. We made a very special connection.
We eventually became EMT/Paramedic partners working on the ambulance together for many years (decades). In fact, we worked the vast majority of our EMS careers together. We were a great team on and off duty, building a successful life together. Suffering and sacrificing together, but with a fair amount of happiness as well.
I knew Penny for 43 great years. We lived together for 30 years, married 15 of them (I was her second husband).
Due to the type of work we did , we were not spared all the senseless tragedies. However, we had each other to overcome adversity.
Unfortunately, Penny passed away suddenly in May of 2020. I can tell you they don't women like Penny any more. I love and miss you, my wonderful wife.
But life goes on.
WOW, what a powerful story and thanks for sharing, Rick! But how sad that your dear Penny passed on and my condolences to you. Thank God you have the memories of her to forever cherish and she lives on in your heart. 😇
amen
@@rickholland6695 Wow! Powerful story indeed! She lives in you brother and guides you always.
Rick, I just read this. As cliche' as it seems, the line "it's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all" DO SO ring true! Works with pet loss, too!! 💯💯 Sigh.
I was 21 when the movie came out. I saw it at a drive-in with a friendly, smiling girl who lived in my apartment building. When I first saw it, I got nostalgic for the middle teenage years of my life. Now I watch the movie and have those same feelings, but I also become sentimental for that first time watching the movie in 1972. The girl, my old '65 Pontiac LeMans, and Summer of '42 at a drive-in theater.
GREAT memories and thanks for sharing! I was 18 and had just graduated from high school when I saw this beloved movie in 1971 at an indoor theater in San Jose, CA. with a high school classmate of mine on our first date. She LOVED the movie, too! This movie was at the theater for almost ONE year since it was that popular. I fell in love with the movie and music the first time I saw it and it still gives me goosebumps and cherished memories even today of a much more innocent time back then that I will always miss AND when Hollywood made GREAT movies!
I understand completely. I was a sophomore in college. It touched me, even then somehow.
I‘ve never seen this Movie, but I just get sentimental if I hear this Music. 😪
@@Keyboardhugo It is a movie that is well worth watching. It was one of the BIGGEST hits of 1971 and Michel Legrand won an Oscar for the soundtrack. The performances of Jennifer O'Neill and Gary Grimes were especially touching, esp. near the end of the movie.
I saw this when it first came out. I had just graduated from high school. I could identify with the pathetic awkwardness of Hermie, the approach-avoidance towards sex and embarrassing fumbling as Hermie tried to impress Dorothy. I teared up then as Hermie read Dorothy's letter. And I still do whenever I see see this sequence.
Yesterday, I reread the novel and found myself tearing up again. Herman Raucher's words and Robert Mulligan's voice over as the adult Hermie are emotionally powerful. Michel Legrand's score is the cherry on top of beautiful film.
Herman Raucher died on Dec. 28, 2023! R.I.P. Hermie.
OMG I did not know that! R.I.P. Hermie. Your story touched me deeply. Strange too because I just rewatched the movie a week ago. First time was in 1980 on tv when I was 15. I could watch the opening and closing scenes of this movie all day long.
@@reesebn38 Wow, I did not know that Herman died last December right after Christmas. I also LOVE the opening and closing scenes of this movie and could also watch them over and over, though I felt the ending was rushed. It would have been nicer to see Hermie a bit longer on the porch while he was reading the letter. Anyhow, this is one of my all-time favorite movies and I LOVE the theme music which adds to the magic of this movie. Makes me feel like being 18 all over again back in the fall of 1971. 😎
Did anyone else watch this at age 13 on the TV late show on a cold midwest Saturday night, and stare at that empty beach house with the waves in the background, and just feel sheer emptiness and utter melancholy?
Or was it just me? 40 some years later it still wrecks me.
this film breaks me in two everytime, but I wouldn’t have it any other way !
At the time the movie came out I was just coming out of a relationship with an older woman. I was 17. I was heartbroken that this woman realized that it wasn't a proper thing to be in with me. I still had another year of high scool to complete.
The movie just reopened a wounded heart. Everytime I watch that movie I relate to what I had once experieced in my life and will never forget or regret.
I saw it on the TV Late Show too.. I loved that movie..
@@fredcampbell9237 WOW, I can only imagine what you experienced at such a young age and how you felt at that time..........and will always feel for the rest of your life. Thanks for sharing a part of your story. I hope that you DO get some good feelings from this movie after what happened to you.
first saw the film in '71. turned 64 a few weeks back. first time i realized i was getting old. it was difficult to leave that film from my mind. may be it was the hemp!
An absolute Masterpiece . that's Director Robert Mulligan narrating. This ending gets to me, every time. I cannot explain just why, but it does, every time. ----MJL, 77 y/o
Scenes like that still stand up.
I hear you, Michael. It's just like the tagline says - in everyone's life there's a summer of 42.
@michaellazzeri2069: GREAT comments and thanks for sharing! One of the BEST movies of my lifetime and I am now 71. I took my first date with a girl to see it and we both LOVED it back in 1971 after we graduated from high school. Check out the 50th Anniversary Reunion Video on TH-cam with the stars of the movie other than Gary Grimes who decided to not be with the others and he was really missed. He was AWESOME as "Hermie" and for some reason, I saw a lot of myself in him back then when I was 18, though I never had a relationship with an older woman like he did.
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I think that everyone during their adolescent years has time like this.
Never shall I forget this splendid movie... oh, how I cried watching ..
I was a prepubescent child when I saw this on TV but I fully understood the story and its implications. Looking back after watching it again as an adult many years later it amazes me how universal this story is. No matter what generation you're from, we all were young once and feared getting older and finding and losing love when it wasn't expected. This movie will always mean that to me.
I can watch this movie a million times and never cease to be brought to tears. Such a beautiful moment in time.
That s my summer movie and it s always a beautiful moment everytimeI start it ! And thanks to Michel Legrand for that awsome music!
This is one of the best coming of age movies ever made. Probably the very best.
And the Wonder Years
This score makes me cry instantly.
hi jenny I am the brother you didn't know you had I tear up instantly
I wish you good things…only good things.
Such a lovely sentiment.
That is beautiful
One of my favorite movies growing up in the 70's...one of my favorite movies now...
What a masterpiece! The movie and soundtrack!
***** Hello! Incredibly touching movie... So tender story and a perfect music match.
Have you ever watched Doctor Zhivago, English Patient and A Man and a Woman? They are really romantic movies. If you want, there are others that I can tell you later.
;-)
Hi Ana, I love the sensitivities in this movie. This was a true story. It's more than just a coming of age story, so much more. I saw Dr. Zhivago, beautiful, sad, wonderful movie. I haven't seen the other two you mentioned. If ever you want to watch a tender touching story, assuming you haven't seen it already, The Bridges of Madison County. Directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as leading man with Meryl Streep.
+stormatsunup Hey! Thanks for your reply! I really love this kind of movie and so who loves it too!
I've planning for a long time to watch "The Bridges of Madison County"! I'll try to watch this week and so I can tell you my impressions (although I my very sure that it is a wonderful movie, due to your very good taste)!
You're Welcome. Let me know what you think about it. I can only say, star-crossed lovers will be in that emotional moment of these two characters.
I'm choked up now with tears in my eyes as I was when I saw it as a youngster about his age. It has touched generations of us and will always be remembered.
This was a beautiful movie that I saw 50 plus years ago. I will remember it for a very long time because I was heart broken at the end.
“It took us longer to understand the things we felt.” At least that generation could feel. So many of us now can’t anymore.
It happens almost every one’s life.
We meet. Like each other very much.
Then, get separated and never see
each other again. But the image in
our minds is never erased.
Well said,my first was special,and in memory.1974
This ending brings me to tears--& at 71 y/o, you'd think I'd long be past them, but NO---this is one film that does it to me, every time. -----------------WolfSky9
i'm 78 and it brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch it
I will never ever forget that ending...It still haunts me today...Powerful and unforgettable. .I first saw it at 13 yrs old...Fell in love with Jennifer just like many other boys did...Such a true natural beauty..This is one of those movies that sticks with you for a lifetime..
A love story is also a good movie
I have seen this ending scene a countless number of times.... always with tears rolling down my face.....
Love this movie so much, saw it again on TCM a few days ago....I still have my paperback book that I bought when I was 17....such a wonderful, funny, moving true story....wouldn't it be nice if everyone had a summer of '42 ~~
I always cry on this ending. Love this movie.
I cannot stop saying wish you good things only good things.I tear up each time
I wish you good things only good things
The sound of the waves rolling in and out is the perfect background for this scene.
"Life is made up of small comings and goings. And for everything we take with us, there is something that we leave behind."
Sometimes in an ever complex world where it’s easy to get lost in our own self impotence a visit back to the summer of 42
is all we need to reconnect with reality and the deep emotional bond we need to ground us during life’s journey.
@@railwaystationmaster Thanks for sharing your very touching thoughts. I saw this movie when I was 18 in 1971 with my date and she LOVED this movie, too! Since then, I have always had a "deep emotional bond" with this beloved movie that still touches my heart today at the age of 68.
i saw this again last week for the first time in many years, I guess having endured heart ache, loss, and the twists and turns of adulthood myself , the movies impact on me was triple and powerful
I hear you loud and clear, Mike, and I feel the same at almost the age of 70! This movie is one of the two most emotionally touching movies of my lifetime (along with "The Trouble With Angels").
I was too young in the seventies to appreciate such a poignant and stirring movie. When I see it here it reminds me of someone I loved that was never meant to be. I listen to the theme and remember that Saturday leaving her as the rain fell softly as my train rolled out of sight. It was a turning point for me because I felt loves joy and its sorrow. This person will never know what a valuable lesson I learned in my youth. I was forever changed afterwards, just as Hermie. I left that piece of myself behind never to return. It still makes me misty sometimes.
Sorry for me I was 16 and she was 23.
@@Jay-vr9ir We were close in age, yet two different lifestyles. I just like to reminiscence sometimes.
I was 23 when I saw this this movie. Cried my eyes out. Something about being an older teen - the 'coming of age' genre. It's universal. Plus it's a beautifully done movie with a perfect score.
A bittersweet ending to a magnificent 🎞 film🤙🙌
My favourite movie of all time.
One of the never to be forgotten moments in cinema history , the passing of over 50 years has not diminished it's impact on Hermie and many a viewer as it reaches deep inside the soul and forever breaks the human heart.
In the summer of 1977 I met Penny. I was 16, she was 30. I knew her for 43 great years. We eventually married. Unfortunately she died suddenly in 2020. I love and miss you, my wonderful wife.
The Ocean sounds always in the background..Brilliant..
My brother and sisters used to talk about this movie when I was a little kid. I finally got the chance to see it on TCM just a while ago. What a special and moving picture!
+William Thomaz De Aquino They just don't make movies like this anymore. Stealing Home was such a ripoff of this movie. I prefer this one.
+William Thomaz De Aquino I don't watch anything new except Investigation Discovery, and true crime stories get sickening after a while. I'm so desperate to watch something older that I sat through Valley of the Dolls last night! LOL I prefer movies like this one.
one of the few movies I will watch over and over
I totally agree with you.
Have you watched " TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD " ??
That was classic watched 7 times or I made the wife watch " THE AFRICAN QUEEN " ....magic story many elements
I have never understood why this ending brings me to tears, but it always does. Always. ---And, was there EVER a woman more beautiful than the glorious Jennifer O'Neill ???? ---------------WolfSky9, almost 71 y/o
That amazing music sells the film.
So much of this - except for the Dorothy part - resonates with my own 'Summer of 42' ( it was 1969) that it has the power to bring me to tears even now.
This was a very powerful film, especially for its time. Jennifer O'Neill was 23, Gary Grimes was 16, and even though the scenes involved only kissing and their lying in bed side by side, that was still rather bold. In any event, despite being the middle aged man that I now am, I always choke up whenever I hear the musical theme and watch the conclusion. A shame that neither of these two performers achieved greater stardom, they were both excellent.
I agree with everything you said about these two wonderful actors and the movie. Both made some movies after "Summer of '42" but those movies could NOT compare to their roles in this memorable and nostalgic movie. I also LOVED the ending and the poignant final words, scenery and music but I felt it was rushed, especially with Hermie on the porch reading the letter. That scene faded away much too fast in my opinion but it still was a lovely ending to a touching movie like you said. (The sequel, "Class of '44," was a HUGE disappointment and Jennifer was not in that one and Oliver barely had a role in the film.)
Jennifer O'Neill attempted suicide, sad.
each of us has bitter sweet memories like this in youth. this movie takes us back to those days.
BRILLIANT MOVIE !!!!!
What a beautiful movie, it made me cry
This brings me to tears !
man the part when he say kids was different and times were different really touched me
Kids was more respectful back then not today
Love story was also a good movie in the 70s
@@WILL-sn4us . Those two movies are very similar!
Talking about a coming of age movie! Summer of 42 was it for me.
I saw this movie on tv in the 70's when I was around "Hermie's" age, but it was relevant for me then. I never forgot it. But It really hit me when in the early years of youtube I decided to look it up to visit it again. I then was pulled back into my youth and rediscovered that time of my life when love was new and coming of age could be painful.
The theme song always brings me back to that innocent time like nothing else. Bitter-sweet.
There was no internet to search and stalk some. No social media. No uploading of videoed private to sex to share with the masses to shame a scorned lover. No sharky vile comments on tweet. No shit. Kinda missed those simpler days.
Great comment and so true.
Me too
This film breaks me in two everytime, but I wouldn’t have it any other way !
In my opinion its one of the greatest movie ever made!!!
Also the best thing about this movie is that it's a true story this really did happen hermie was the author of the book..and he narrated the end of the movie
Where I lived in San Jose, CA. at the time, it was at a theater for almost ONE year since it was that popular!!! It is one of my all-time favorite movies and was one of the most popular movies of 1971. I also LOVE it like you do.
@@richardglatfeltet2653 Many people do not realize that it is indeed based on a true story.
I feel so sad for her!!i feel the pain she feel ,and the beatiful music make me cry.
Nicely put together Marco. A film that has become a favourite for so many of us. Nice to play this clip every now and then as a reminder.
私の甘酸っぱい青春の１ページの記憶（３５年前）がこのシーンを見ると懐かしく思い出します。いつまでも忘れる事の出来ない音楽と映像です。
Everyone has a summer of 42 !
Beautifully said and so very true
I had mine 2 yrs ago and wrote her a 20 page novella i was herme and it was my summer of 22
I had an autumn of 76. My first older woman.
Mine was in '83. I still think of her. I hope life has been good to her.
no- not everyone goes through a world war and the losses that go along with it.
Great film and a most memorable soundtrack. Just perfect.
I saw the Summer of 42 when it was released in 1971. A great film and a great score by Michel Legrand.
Bittersweet ending and such a great movie
I’ve seen thousands of movies but Summer of ‘42 is singular to me because I can remember every facet of having gone to see it. I was in the Air Force at Kessler AFB, MS. Bored I walked down a side street past a porn shop to the movie theater and left like Hermie changed. Now I’ve watched it perhaps 20 times and I still get that same feeling. It’s quite a movie.
I implore you to read the book.
Morris, thanks for sharing your nostalgic thoughts. This movie is one of my all-time favorites and I took my first date to see it in San Jose, CA. back in 1971. She loved it as much as I did. Yes, indeed, it is quite a special movie in so many ways with the acting, nostalgia, lovely scenery and the gorgeous soundtrack. Truly unforgettable for me when I was just 18 and had just graduated from high school. (There is a wonderful TH-cam 50th Anniversary Reunion Video with Jennifer, Jerry and Oliver that came out last year. It is really special to see but sadly, Gary decided to not be a part of it. Still worth viewing.)
@@leonkirby9294 what's so different about the book?
@@clairelivefreeordie2551 The book was written after the film was made but before it's release. The studio didn't think the film was that good so they wanted to generate some advance publicity. The book became a best seller which in turn made the film very successful. The difference between the book and the film is the book is much more raw. The film is sweet and heartwarming/heartbreaking. I'm not going to give away any spoilers. You would have to read the book to understand my meaning. I highly recommend the book.
mayb youre my days too, the 70s, i grad 1973.
I was 16 in 1971 when this movie came out. Only to be wished that we could all come of age in such a positive way. This movie makes for a great substitute if only vicariously.
I was 17 when this movie came out.. This movie and music make me emotional. And yes, I agree with you.
I was 18 when this movie came out and I took my first date with a girl to see it at a lovely theater in Campbell, CA. where this movie was at for almost a year!! It was that popular. This movie still touches my heart today 51 years later. It brings back so many memories of just graduating from high school and not knowing what I was going to do in life. Little did I know how tough of a decade the 1970's was going to be for me but this movie was indeed a BIG highlight of that decade. "Summer of '42" is one of my all-time favorite movies in so many ways and Gary Grimes and Jennifer O'Neill especially sparkled in their roles. And the magical music of Michel Legrand made it all even more special for all of us to forever cherish.
so profound and moving and that theme...
Love is the flower of everything that must perish,... and yet will never die.
Truly Spoken Kevan!!
A fantastic movie with very good acting.
I will ways Remember this Movie.
I was 15 years old.
0:53-2:24 - *Dorothy:* _[voiceover]_ Dear Hermie, I must go home now. I'm sure you'll understand. There's much I have to do. I won't try and explain what happened last night, because I know that in time, you'll find a proper way in which to remember it. What I _will_ do is remember you. And I pray that you be spared all senseless tragedies. I wish you good things, Hermie. _Only_ good things. Always, Dorothy.
*Herman Raucher:* _[narrating]_ I was never to see her again. Nor was I ever to learn what became of her. We were different then. Kids were different. It took us longer to understand the things we felt. Life is made up of small comings and goings. And for everything we take with us, there is something that we leave behind. In the Summer of '42, we raided the Coast Guard station four times, we saw five movies, and had nine days of rain. Benji broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica, and in a very special way, I lost Hermie. Forever. - When you get laid, all innocence is gone.
Actually the voice you hear is of the director Robert Mulligan
@@stevenrosa422 But doesn't he sound so much like the actor Frank Overton. But he passed in 1967.
One of the most beautiful women I've ever seen, and one of the most beautiful melodies... thanks for posting:)
had a crush on her, still do. pissed she got married nine times, & i was not the one.
miss my youth have to admit, all the school friends are long gone and have never seen any of them through the years. Good memories though......................onward we go...............(great movie also, a CLASSIC as far as I am concerned)
I think your experience is the rule not the exception - three years after graduating high school 2 of friends were dead and like you very rarely have I seen any of my school friends
I love this movie sooooo much, it means a lot to me.
When I saw this movie I thought Jennifer O'Neill was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. Still do.
When casting for the role of Dorothy, Warner Bros. declined to audition any actresses younger than the age of 30; Jennifer O'Neill's agent, who had developed a fondness for the script, convinced the studio to audition his client, who was only 22 at the time. O'Neill auditioned for the role, albeit hesitantly, not wanting to perform any nude scenes. O'Neill got the role and Mulligan agreed to find a way to make the film work without blatant nudity.
@@jwelch5742 she was in the film for only 7 mins.
She was so sweet in this movie
We all have moments like this at some point in our lives.
We do and at some point in our lives those moments become life long treasures of the ❤️
Yup. I tell my young nieces and nephews that life is a looooong stretch of experiences. They get caught up in the present, but I tell them to take it as it comes and appreciate the good parts because as bad things can get you can get thru it and move on.
@@Fan_Made_Videos . Very true.
Love, so elusive to those who want to grab it, seize it, make it their own. Yet, it is never distant from any of us, always allowing itself to be seen close by. Sometimes by serendipity we touch love or it touches us, and those sublime feelings last but fleeting moments. It leaves, but not before leaving its memory. And that we hold on to forever.
Just the music itself is touching
BEST movie soundtrack in my lifetime of almost 70 years! I agree with every word you said, Jesse!
The movie that had the most profound effect on me. More than any other.
One of my all-time favorite movies that I saw in 1971 with my first date. She also LOVED the movie. And so I share how you feel about this movie since it still touches my heart 50 years later. But "The Trouble With Angels" from 1966 is the movie that is most closest to my heart.
Summer '42 & 'To Kill a Mockingbird' both directed by Bob.
@@mohamedabrahimabrahim224 Thanks, wasn't aware, and I saw both films.
Beautiful mesmerising movie
Man, back in those days - once a person leaves, you'll never see them again. Nowadays, you can pretty much find anyone if they move away.
I had a girl friend move away when I was seven years old. I still have absolutely no idea whatever became of her.
Magnificent movie and even more magnificent music. Compare this to the unspeakable dross inflicted on us today.
these were the innocent times and we lost those
I grew up in those wonderful innocent times. Then after the 1950' something changed. Something deep in the human Soul. And it has never been the same since. I use to think it was my perception of things. Now I think it really was a universal change !!
@@jeffreyplatt7457 I'm not old enough to know those years, was that WWII what changed the humanity foreever?
Innocent? She committed the crime of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Today, she would be charged with statutory rape. Why is it beautiful when it's a young boy with a grown woman but horrible when it's a young girl with a grown man?
@@rimshot2270 I wasn't talking about what she did , I was talking about those times period
@@kelvinthomas4998 Those times had problems too. They were not ideal. No era is.
wow... Thanks for ripping my heart out this morning....
You're welcome !
Not cool! :) I still remember the evening I saw this in the theater when it came out, and I've revisited it on DVD, but coming across this last scene got, and gets to me beyond belief.
:) Like it was mentioned in the 1971's trailer, "In everyone's life there's a Summer of 42". Great great movie !!
when he talks about losing Hermie forever
I feel his pain
"And in a very "special way" I lost Hermie, forever".
Hermie appeared to be more mature than his friends. And I always thought that he probably never shared that special experience with them. He kept it in his heart. Forever ...
I also felt his pain but in a MUCH different way about losing one's innocence forever in this life. I felt like that in 1967 after graduating from 8 years at a private grammar school that was like a family to me in so many ways. It was even more special when I had my FIRST crush in my life with the new girl in school in the 8th grade. Like Hermie, it ended in such a bittersweet way but it was also so innocent and unforgettable.
and so do I and at 76 years old now and all of the many memories, some bad as well as good............well then..........I'll leave it at that , beautiful movie....
I was eleven when I watched this near Bryan college station Texas with my father. Madisonville TX
WOW IM FROM WACO AND I LOVE THIS GREAT MOVIE..
LOVE this movie which is one of my all-time favorites! I saw it in 1971 with my date and she LOVED it, also! I just wish the ending would have lasted a bit longer. It seemed too rushed after Hermie found the letter on the porch and the scene faded away much sooner than what I had expected. Anyhow, this is a movie that I will always cherish for the acting, scenery, nostalgia AND Michel's LOVELY music!
I CAN'T WATCH THIS WITHOUT TEARING UP
Such beautiful music..
The beauty of this music is overwhelming!
@@marcom.1919 It truly is.. My two cats, my medical comfort cats, always come in to listen.. 😻😻
Summer of '42 won an Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score.
The theme of SO42 is every bit as good as the theme of Love Story!
@@marcom.1919 Yes, it is overwhelming.
It is amazing sometimes how our imagination around people in movies can affect our lives, Jennifer O'Neill in this movie, Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago , Katharine Ross in the Graduate were actually major contributors in the story of my own life!
continue to have a crush on each. for the same films except, for katharine Ross. prefer her in 'Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid' i'm taking your woman' ...'you can have her'
I love this movie so much. I watched it many times. It hits home on many levels for me. I especially love the various fog filters used on the camera lenses. The sequel is; The Class of 44.
I agree with you about the beauty of "Summer of '42 which is one of my all-time favorite movies and I am almost 70. But the sequel was BORING and did very poorly at the box office. NO WAY was it going to capture ANY of the magic of the original movie.
My Mom loved this movie
Most movies should only be watched for their entertainment value, they're not something to learn life lessons from...this movie is one of the rare exceptions to that rule.
You said so much in so few words and thanks for sharing!
Jennifer's narration of the letter is very moving.
Awesome letter
“ In the summer of 42 I’ve lost Hermie forever”.
The final scene. Emotional
Yes but the movie ended much too quickly for me. I wish the scene with Hermie reading the letter on the porch would have lasted longer than what it did, for example.
The nostalgia, that ambivalent feeling, halfway between pleasure and pain.
One of those films a guy never forgets.
The narration at the beginning of the picture, and at the end, absolutely wonderful. 😎
You got that right, Ralph!! I fell in love with it after I saw it for the first time with my date in 1971 when I was 18. And she LOVED the film, too!
@@grego5284 You are so right!
I read the novel first then saw the movie when I was a teenager...both changed my view on the world. In the novel an adult Hermie says that "whenever the world as punched him around too much he takes out Dorothy's note and reads it again". I do the very same thing with the book and the movie.
Well said. Male vulnerability, especially for guys that age, is never really addressed.
I don’t think the film could have the same impact on people without the music of Michal Legrand
A smashing film will always be remembered by me and alan
This movie has a rare "double nostalgia" effect on me. I saw it at a drive-in theater when it first came out. I was about 22. There was a scene in the movie where the three boys were nervously studying a stolen sex manual. I recalled with a smile having done the same thing when I was 14 or 15. Then, many years later, I saw the movie again and I recalled watching it at age 22 and how I had had a nostalgic response then to that "sex manual" scene in the movie. That recollection, in turn, made me nostalgic for that moment decades earlier, when I was in that drive-in theater when I was 22.
As for the actual plot of the movie. Apparently the original thought of Herman Raucher (Hermie) was to write a nice remembrance for his pal Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer who was a medic killed in the Korean War. Apparently the plot with Dorothy kind of took over and that's the general direction the story went. As for Dorothy, Raucher believes that he actual heard from her soon after the movie came out. He is basing it on the fact that this one particular woman who contacted him knew things specific to their relationship that only the real Dorothy would know. She remarried, had kids and as of the early 1970s, was living a happy life. For the record, there actually was no sex between Hermie and Dorothy. The movie strongly suggests that there was but according to Raucher, Hollywood believed an evening featuring just some gentle words and a comforting embrace lacked sufficient heat for top box office success.
"For the record, there actually was no sex between Hermie and Dorothy.
The movie strongly suggests that there was but according to Raucher [ there wasn't ]". The Movie does more than strongly suggest. It very discreetly and respectfully emphasizes that intimate scene. And sex does not always include intercourse. But it is strongly suggestive in the words of Dorothy's good-bye letter to Hermie.
"I won't try to explain what happened last night, because I know in time, you'll find a proper way in which to remember it".
But I can respect Raucher for protecting Dorothy's dignity.
For those of you who love the movie....read the book. It is amazing.
some info on the writer:
Herman Raucher Born April 13,1928- He was actually 14 yrs old when this occurred.
Married Mary Martinet (dancer)1960-2002 (her death)
Graduated from NYU (in the movie class of '44, Hermie goes to the U. of Connecticut.
He has two daughters. Benjie was killed in WW2 and Oscy was killed in Korea.
It is of course a great movie as everyone has commented. Next year will be the
50th anniversary and I hope they show on big screen again.
and in real life he and Dorothy never had sex...
Emilly Yelen is that true?
@@Batidodeguineo dont ask me just google it
Actually I’m thinking Hermie was 16 in the summer 1942 . Bernie was born in 1928 and would be 91 today in 2021. Dorothy was 28 and was born in 1914. She would be well over 100 but most likely passed on. Hermie and his friends were too young for World War 2 but may have gone to Korea where they could have been killed?
Hermie and his friends were 16 I presume going into 11th grade junior year in high school that summer on 1942
There is a video on TH-cam with 3 of the cast from this amazing movie may be you already saw it, if you didn’t you should is great.
I recall watching this movie with my late mother back in the 70s , the passage of time has not diminished the intensity , the heartfelt ending that forever endures . Hermie played by Gary Grimes has all but vanished from public view , I can't help but wonder if this was in part due to this tragic ending, it would be wonderful to hear his recollection of such a seminal film .
I agree with you about Gary. Sure would be GREAT to hear from him today about his iconic role in this movie and about his life today but that is unlikely now. We can only wonder why he stays private. I respect him for that, of course, but I would still LOVE to hear his thoughts about his memorable role in this beloved film. There is an online photo of what he looks like today with the "Summer of '42" movie poster behind him. It might be on Wikipedia where I saw it. Anyhow, have you seen the AWESOME YT video with Jennifer, Jerry and Oliver with their "reunion" from last year? It is worth checking out. Gary was really missed, though. Christopher Norris was also supposed to be there but had a last-minute cancellation which was unfortunate since I would have LOVED to see and hear from her today, also. Jennifer still looked radiant after all of these years with her charming personality. Jerry was amusing, as usual, and Oliver was much more reserved. So GREAT to see all three of them now!
this movie reminds me of a girl that i had met in 72 ,I've never married ,i guess meeting Carol was my "summer of 42",we were the same age ,she is my only regret ,
He was different forever. I know this or sure because this exact same thing happened to me. But in my case I met her again 50 years later and the feelings were still the same. It's an incredible story.
Toncor12 did you feel the same way towards each other?
@@tx7128 We most definitely fell in love in an instant and yes, she still feels that love to this day. It makes one wonder would would have got married later as our age difference was only about 10 years. Not to be!! :(
Base on a the true story of Herman Raucher, he even used the real names of his friends and Dorothy he actuality heard from her right after the movies came out in 71.
Really??? That’s great!! How awesome is that!!!!
New York Times, 2000:
The success of the movie also prompted a wave of letters from women saying they were the real Dorothy. One, however, seemed genuine to Mr. Raucher. ''It had the same handwriting as in the note she left me, which was in one of the last scenes of the movie. It was postmarked Ohio, with no address. I think that really was from Dorothy. She said she was worried about me.'' It was the last Mr. Raucher heard from the woman. ''She wrote that the ghosts of that time were better left alone.''
best movie for all time
Sad ending for the innocent young man.
I can relate to that but now I know how to control my emotion.💞