Herman Raucher

Herman Raucher (born April 13, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who has written several novels and screenplays, among them the popular Summer of '42 and The Great Santini. He was married to Broadway dancer Mary Kathryn Raucher from 1960 until her death in 2002; they had two daughters. Image File history File links Herman Raucher. ... Image File history File links Herman Raucher. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Summer of 42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. ... WHO KNOWS. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Many of his works have autobiographical 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, 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 where it has come to be considered a classic of contemporary literature and remains in print under the title Prawie Jak w Bajce. In the 1980s, Raucher sold the film rights 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. Cover of An autobiography, from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write, is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ... A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... Artistic licence or license (US), also known as dramatic license/licence, is a colloquial term used to denote the liberties an artist may take in the name of art — for example, if an artist decided it was more artistically correct to portray St. ... A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of top-sellers. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Film rights, like dramatic rights, these belong to the author, who may sell or option them to someone in the film industry - a producer or director, for example (or sometimes a specialist broker of such properties) - who will then try to gather the other professionals and secure the financial backing...

He was commissioned to write the novelization and screenplay for Ode to Billie Joe based on the song by Bobbie Gentry. 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. Ode to Billie Joe is a 1967 album written and performed by Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. ... Bobbie Gentry (born July 27, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter. ...

Bibliography/Filmography

Autobiographical works

• Summer of '42 (novel and screenplay)
• Class of '44 (screenplay)
• There Should Have Been Castles (novel)
  • Published in Italy as La Vestaglia Della Zingara (The Gypsy Robe)

Summer of 42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher. ... Class Of 44 is the 1973 sequel to the surprise hit from two years earlier, The Summer Of 42, which shows teenage Bennie (Gary Grimes) and his two friends (Jerry Houser and Oliver Conant)growing up and entering the military while in new England. ... There Should have been Castles is a 1980 romantic comedy novel by Herman Raucher. ...

Non Autobiographical Works

• Studio One (television series)
• Goodyear Television Playhouse (television series)
• The Alcoa Hour (television series, episodes "Finkle's Comet" and "The Magic Horn")
• Sweet November (1968 film) (screenplay)
• Follow that Dream (play adaptation, "Pioneer, Go Home!"; uncredited)
• Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (screenplay)
• Watermelon Man (novel and screenplay; novel originally published as The Night the Sun Came Out on Happy Hollow Lane)
• Harold (play)
• A Glimpse of Tiger (novel)
  • Published in Spanish as Requiem por una secretaria (Requiem by a Secretary)
• Remember When (screenplay)
• Ode to Billie Joe (novel and screenplay)
• The Other Side of Midnight (screenplay)
• The Great Santini (screenplay, with Lewis John Carlino; uncredited)
• Maynard's House (novel)
• Sublime Amor Juvenile (novel)
• Ginger (play)
• Kitty Hawk: The Musical (play)