This Time for Keeps is a musical film and a romantic comedy released in the United States on October 17, 1947 and 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 prewar lover. It stars Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, and Lauritz Melchior and it was directed by Richard Thorpe. The film was shot in color on location at the Grand Hotel, on Mackinac Island in Michigan.

Main cast

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

External links

• New York Times review