This Time for Keeps
1947 film by Richard Thorpe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with This Time for Keeps (1942 film).
This Time for Keeps is a 1947 American romantic musical film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Johnnie Johnston and opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Produced by MGM, it is about a soldier, returning home from war, who does not wish to work for his father's opera company or to continue his relationship with his pre-war lover.
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Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
Screenplay by | Gladys Lehman Hans Wilhelm (uncredited) |
Story by | Erwin S. Gelsey Lorraine Fielding |
Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
Starring | Esther Williams Jimmy Durante Lauritz Melchior Johnnie Johnston |
Cinematography | Karl Freund |
Edited by | John D. Dunning |
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Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,648,000[1] |
Box office | $4,406,000[1] |
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The film was shot in color and partly on location at the Grand Hotel, on Mackinac Island in Michigan.[2]
This Time for Keeps became the second film in which Williams's name was first billed above the title, after Fiesta.[2]