This Time for Keeps (1947)
- Starring:
- Esther Williams, Lauritz Melchior, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
Synopsis of This Time for Keeps
In this aqueous musical comedy, an opera singer brings his son to Michigan's Mackinac Island where the son falls in love with the star of the "aquacaper." It is difficult to woo her as she is constantly surrounded by her piano-playing bodyguard and her ever-present grandmother. It's musical and comedic chaos as the son attempts to overcome these and other obstacles while trying to win her heart. Highlights include Jimmy Durante singing his trademark tune "Inka Dinka Do." Other songs include: "M'Appari" from "Martha," "La Donna E Mobile" from "Rigoletto," Cole Porter's "You Are So Easy to Love," "A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That," "Chiquita Banana," and "When It's Lilac Time on Mackinac Island." ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of This Time for Keeps
- Esther Williams - Nora Cambaretta
- Lauritz Melchior - Hans Herald
- Xavier Cugat - Himself
- Sharon McManus - Deborah
- Ludwig Stossel - Peter
- Tommy Wonder - Himself
- Holmes Herbert - Norman
- Dick Simmons - Gordon Coome
- Harry Tyler - Bartender
- Chris Drake - Soldier at Pool
- Jack Perrin - Bobby-Soxer
- Duncan Richardson - Duncan
- Don Garner - Soldier
- Johnny Johnston - Dick Johnson
- Jimmy Durante - Ferdi Farro
- Dame May Whitty - Grandma
- Mary Stuart - Frances
- Dorothy Porter - Merle
- Nella Walker - Mrs. Allenbury
- Esther Dale - Mrs. Fields
- William Tannen
- Kenneth Tobey
- Anne Francis
- Robert E. Strickland
- Herbert Heywood - Doorman
- Director(s):
- Richard Thorpe
- Writer(s):
- Gladys Lehman
- Producer(s):
- Joe Pasternak
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