This Time for Keeps

(1947)

105 minutes

Musical / Romance

Directed by Richard Thorpe

Cast:

Esther Williams as Leonora Cambaretti
Johnnie Johnston as Dick Johnson
Jimmy Durante as Ferdi Farro
Lauritz Melchior as Richard Herald
Xavier Cugat as Himself
May Whitty as Grandmother Cambaretti
Mary Stuart as Frances Allenbury
Ludwig Stossel as Peter
Sharon McManus as Deborah Cambretti

Johnny Johnston plays a singing soldier who is not satisfied with his life when he returns home. Working for his father’s opera company and being in the relationship with his girlfriend is something he does not want to be a part of anymore. During his service he encountered an aquacade showgirl who he runs into again. They begin to fall for one another from there. 
 
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