She assures Hermie she will never forget him, and he will find his way of remembering what happened that night. To bittersweet music, the adult Raucher sadly recounts that he has never seen Dorothy again or learned what became of her. When MGM producer and mastermind Arthur Freed conceived a great story as a vehicle for his catalog of songs from previous MGM musicals, the result was Singin’ In The Rain (1952). However, even with the Broadway success of Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1,604 performances) and Smokey Joe’s Café (2,036 performances), no more than ten jukebox musicals were produced worldwide in the last three decades of the twentieth century. Summer of Love 50th Anniversary. While writing the screenplay, Raucher realized that despite growing up with Oscy and having bonded with him through their formative years, the two had never really had any meaningful conversations or known one another on a more personal level. (Likewise, Rock Of Ages (2006), which this reviewer found improper, insipid and insulting, has folks lining up at the box office to hear the music of the glam metal bands of the 1980s.). The first Polish Western in the history of cinema, Summer Love opens as the nameless stranger (Karel Roden) gallops into town toting the corpse of a wanted man (Val Kilmer). The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during mid-1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. Keillor wrote and hosted the radio show A Prairie Home Companion for forty years. Lee Martino’s choreography may be tight, but it vacillates from back-up singer arm thrusts to modern dance for beginners. [3] Originally, the film was meant to be a tribute to his friend Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer, an Army medic killed in the Korean War. Oscy stakes out the most attractive one, Miriam, "giving" Hermie her less attractive friend, Aggie, and leaving Benjie with Gloria, a heavyset girl with braces. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. An elated Hermie goes home and puts on a suit, dress shirt and heads back to Dorothy's house, running into Oscy on the way; Oscy relates that Miriam's appendix burst and she's been rushed to the mainland. | The term “jukebox musical” was actually created in the 1940s in reference to movies which integrated well-known ditties into a newly conceived plot. I love to listen on long drives. Instant gratification is fine until we realize that we are veering farther and farther from nourishing theatre. I bought an extra copy as a birthday present for a friend. Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2007. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + No Import Fees Deposit & $7.98 Shipping to Canada. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. "[3] In the 1960s, he met Robert Mulligan, best known for directing To Kill a Mockingbird. It seems that creators of jukebox  musicals take advantage of our need for the familiar and end up insulting our intelligence. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. His gentle humor is laden with wisdom. Internet Movie Database: Summer of '42 Business Data, Summer of '69 lyrics explained by co-author, "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada", Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 8, 1972, The Irish Charts – Search Results – Summer of 42", Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 8, 1975, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Summer_of_%2742&oldid=982130396, American coming-of-age comedy-drama films, Films set on the home front during World War II, Films that won the Best Original Score Academy Award, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Montage: But Not Picasso / Full Awakening", This page was last edited on 6 October 2020, at 10:09.