Class of '44

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Class of '44
The movie cover for Class of '44.
Directed by	Paul Bogart
Produced by	Paul Bogart
Written by	Herman Raucher
Starring	Gary Grimes Jerry Houser Oliver Conant
Music by	David Shire
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	April 10, 1973
Running time	95 min.
Language	English
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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 (Gary Grimes) first year in college, where he falls in love under the shadow of the growing threat of war with Korea. Jerry Houser and Oliver Conant reprise their roles as the other two members of Raucher's circle of friends, "The Terrible Trio," Oscar "Oscy" Seltzer and Benjie, although the latter only appears in the film for a matter of minutes.

The film received moderate and poor reviews upon its release. It did not fare very well at the box office, mostly attributed to the film's breaking the "arty" format of the first film for a more standard approach, and the omission of any mention to the first film. The movie slipped into obscurity, and although Summer of '42 has been on DVD for several years, where it has been a relative commercial success, Warner Brothers has yet to release "Class" on DVD.

The film was spoofed in the Dec. 1973 issue of MAD Magazine as "The Clods Of '44."