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Herman Raucher (born April 13, 1928 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

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, New York
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) is an American author who has written several novels and screenplays, among them the popular Summer of '42
Summer of '42

Summer of '42 is a 1971 in film Cinema of the United States "Bildungsroman" film drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of Raucher as a boy, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, off the coast of New England, who embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Doro...
 and The Great Santini
The Great Santini

The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a highly successful United States Marine Corps officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father....
. He was married to Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 dancer Mary Kathryn Raucher from 1960 until her death in 2002; they had two daughters.

Many of his works have autobiographical
Autobiography

An autobiography is a biography written by its subject . The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English language Periodical publication Quarterly Review, but the form goes back to antiquity....
 undertones or are straightforward memoirs. His 1980 book, There Should Have Been Castles, was a re-telling of the early years of his relationship with his wife.






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Herman Raucher (born April 13, 1928 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
) is an American author who has written several novels and screenplays, among them the popular Summer of '42
Summer of '42

Summer of '42 is a 1971 in film Cinema of the United States "Bildungsroman" film drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of Raucher as a boy, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, off the coast of New England, who embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Doro...
 and The Great Santini
The Great Santini

The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a highly successful United States Marine Corps officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father....
. He was married to Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 dancer Mary Kathryn Raucher from 1960 until her death in 2002; they had two daughters.

Many of his works have autobiographical
Autobiography

An autobiography is a biography written by its subject . The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English language Periodical publication Quarterly Review, but the form goes back to antiquity....
 undertones or are straightforward memoirs. His 1980 book, There Should Have Been Castles, was a re-telling of the early years of his relationship with his wife. The book also chronicles his early years in the film industry and his wife's time on Broadway. Though he took certain dramatic license for the sake of the story (for example, minor elements relating to his wife were actually taken from a girl he dated in college; the names of certain real-life people were changed for their protection and Raucher's; Raucher changed his and his wife's names to Ben and Ginny in the final draft of the book), he maintains that the book is still over ninety percent accurate. Despite being a bestseller
Bestseller

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, the book went out of print in the mid-1980s along with all of Raucher's other works, following an unexplained falling out between Raucher and his publishers. The book fared much better in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 where it has come to be considered a classic of contemporary literature
Contemporary literature

Contemporary literature is literature with Setting generally after World War II.Subgenres of contemporary literature include contemporary romance....
 and remains in print under the title Prawie Jak w Bajce. In the 1980s, Raucher sold the film rights
Film rights

Film rights are the rights under copyright law to make a derivative work -- in this case, a film -- derived from an item of intellectual property....
 to the book for $250,000. The movie was never made, but because the studio retained the rights Raucher was allowed to keep the money.

He was commissioned to write the novelization and screenplay for Ode to Billie Joe
Ode to Billie Joe

Ode to Billie Joe is a 1967 song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Mississippi....
 based on the song by Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry

Roberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is an American singer-songwriter. Gentry was one of the first female country music to write and produce her own material....
. He met with Gentry to learn the reason for the protagonist's suicide, which is not revealed in the song. Gentry replied that she had never come up with a reason.

Bibliography/Filmography


Autobiographical works

  • Summer of '42
    Summer of '42

    Summer of '42 is a 1971 in film Cinema of the United States "Bildungsroman" film drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. It tells the story of Raucher as a boy, in his early teens on his 1942 summer vacation on Nantucket, Massachusetts, off the coast of New England, who embarked on a one-sided romance with a woman, Doro...
     (novel and screenplay)
  • Class of '44
    Class of '44

    Class Of '44 is the 1973 sequel to Summer of '42.The film is a slice-of-life style autobiography of sorts, depicting Herman Raucher's first year in college, where he falls in love under the shadow of the growing threat of WW II....
     (screenplay)
  • There Should Have Been Castles
    There Should Have Been Castles

    There Should have been Castles is a 1980 romantic comedy novel by Herman Raucher. It is a roman a clef, with Raucher acknowledging that the male and female main characters are based on him and his wife, to whom he had been married for twenty years at the time of the book's publication....
     (novel)
    • Published in Italy as La Vestaglia Della Zingara (The Gypsy Robe)
    • Published in Poland as Prawie Jak w Bajce (Almost a Fairy Tale)


Non Autobiographical Works

  • Studio One
    Studio One (TV series)

    Studio One is a long-running United States Radio drama-Dramatic programming anthology series, created in 1947 by the 26-year-old Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
     (television series)
  • Goodyear Television Playhouse
    Goodyear Television Playhouse

    The Goodyear Television Playhouse is a live television anthology series sponsored by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and produced from 1951 to 1957, during the "Golden Age of Television"....
     (television series)
  • The Alcoa Hour
    The Alcoa Hour

    The Alcoa Hour is a Live television Anthology series sponsored by Alcoa and telecast in the United States from 1955 to 1957. The series was seen Sundays on NBC at 9pm....
     (television series, episodes "Finkle's Comet" and "The Magic Horn")
  • Sweet November (1968 film) (screenplay)
  • Follow that Dream
    Follow that Dream

    Follow That Dream is a 1962 in film musical film starring Elvis Presley. The movie was based on the novel Pioneer, Go Home! by Richard P....
     (play adaptation, "Pioneer, Go Home!
    Pioneer, Go Home!

    Pioneer, Go Home! is a satirical novel by Richard P. Powell, first published in 1959 in literature. The novel follows a New Jersey family, The Kwimpers, who relocate to Columbiana, a fictional state that resembles Florida, and squat on the side of a highway where a new bridge is being built, outraging local officials....
    "; uncredited)
  • Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
    Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

    Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? is a 1969 in film musical film directed by and starring Anthony Newley....
     (screenplay)
  • Watermelon Man
    Watermelon Man (film)

    Watermelon Man is a 1970 in film comedy-drama film directed by Melvin Van Peebles and based on the book The Night the Sun Came out on Happy Hollow Lane by Herman Raucher....
     (novel and screenplay; novel originally published as The Night the Sun Came Out on Happy Hollow Lane)
  • Harold (play)
  • A Glimpse of Tiger
    A Glimpse of Tiger

    A Glimpse of Tiger is a 1971 novel by Herman Raucher. It was his first original novel; his previous novel, Summer of '42, was based on his own screenplay of the same name, and written at the request of Warner Brothers as a means of promoting the film....
     (novel)
    • Published in Spanish as Requiem por una secretaria (Requiem by a Secretary)
  • Remember When (screenplay)
  • Ode to Billie Joe
    Ode to Billie Joe

    Ode to Billie Joe is a 1967 song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Mississippi....
     (novel and screenplay)
  • The Other Side of Midnight
    The Other Side of Midnight (film)

    The Other Side of Midnight is a 1977 in film United States film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Marie-France Pisier, John Beck and Susan Sarandon....
     (screenplay)
  • The Great Santini
    The Great Santini

    The Great Santini is a 1979 film which tells the story of a highly successful United States Marine Corps officer whose success as a military aviator contrasts with his shortcomings as a husband and father....
     (screenplay, with Lewis John Carlino; uncredited)
  • Maynard's House (novel)
  • Sublime Amor Juvenile (novel)
  • Ginger (play)
  • Kitty Hawk: The Musical (play)