---
title: 'This Time for Keeps (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/this-time-for-keeps-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039898/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# This Time for Keeps (1947)

1947 · 105 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [Gladys Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-lehman)
- **Producer:** [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)
- **Editor:** [John Dunning](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dunning)

## Cast

- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [Nella Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/nella-walker)
- [Johnnie Johnston](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnnie-johnston)
- [Xavier Cugat](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-cugat)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen)
- [Ludwig Stössel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-stossel)
- [Jimmy Durante](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-durante)
- [Esther Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/esther-williams)
- [Anne Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-francis)
- [Kenneth Tobey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-tobey)
- [Lauritz Melchior](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauritz-melchior)
- [May Whitty](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-whitty)

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