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      This Time for Keeps

      1947 1h 45m Musical List
      Reviews 23% Audience Score 50+ Ratings During World War II, synchronized swimming starlet Nora Cambaretti (Esther Williams) is sent overseas to entertain the U.S. troops. There she meets young serviceman Dick Johnson (Johnnie Johnston), who quickly falls in love with her. When Dick returns to the states, he is delighted to learn that Nora is performing with his father's opera company. Unfortunately, to pursue his love he must first contend with his parents' objections, Nora's bodyguard and several other suitors. Read More Read Less

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      Virginia Graham The Spectator This film is not quite as awful as it sounds for the simple reason that the players therein are at the top of their profession... even a thousand gorgeous bathing belles in ochre yellow swim-suits cannot altogether dim their lights. Jun 19, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Low budget predictable not good musical. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/06/21 Full Review david f I only wanted to see this because I'd heard it was filmed on Mackinac Island. The section which takes place there is abruptly dropped into the film when Esther Williams' character wants to bring her new boyfriend to meet her grandmother on the island. There are scenes on the dock and later in the Grand Hotel and by its pool. The plot is nothing to get excited about but there are a couple of nice swimming scenes with Williams. Jimmy Durante's in it too, but his vaudevillian shtick doesn't age too well. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Only producer Joe Pasternak would think of combining a swimmer (Williams), a comic (Durante), an opera star (Melchior) and an untalented crooner (Johnson); the results are what one might expect - colorful but empty. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis During World War II, synchronized swimming starlet Nora Cambaretti (Esther Williams) is sent overseas to entertain the U.S. troops. There she meets young serviceman Dick Johnson (Johnnie Johnston), who quickly falls in love with her. When Dick returns to the states, he is delighted to learn that Nora is performing with his father's opera company. Unfortunately, to pursue his love he must first contend with his parents' objections, Nora's bodyguard and several other suitors.
      Director
      Richard Thorpe
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Musical
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 6, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 45m