This Time for Keeps Page #3

Synopsis: A singing soldier (Johnny Johnston) newly returned home finds himself discontent to work in his father's opera company or pick up where he left off with his girlfriend. Having met an aquacade showgirl (Esther Williams) while in the service, he reintroduces himself. Romance blossoms.
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1947
105 min
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they`re not even like friends anymore.

And others haven`t changed at all.

So there`s no job anyplace, is that it?.

Well--

[KNOCKlNG]

FERDl:

Come in.

Oh, there you are, Nora.

You were wonderful.

NORA:

Thank you, Gordon.

[WHlSPERS]

Her brother, I hope.

NORA:

I want you to meet Dick Johnson.

-Mr. Coome, Mr. Johnson.

-[lN NORMAL VOlCE] How do you do?.

-Glad to know you.

-Mr. Johnson is just out of the Army.

He`s looking for a job.

-Don`t put yourself--

-Couldn`t you place him in the show?.

-What can you do?.

-Not much of anything, really--

He sings, and beautifully. I heard you.

-You had water in your ears.

-I could hear it. I liked what I heard.

-Ask Ferdi.

-I didn`t hear him. I was playing the piano.

I`ll see what can be done.

I`ll think about it.

-ln about a half-hour, Nora?.

-Yes, l`ll be ready.

No wonder you haven`t landed a job.

-You acted as if you didn`t even want one.

-Well, I didn`t come down--

Why are you so backward

about pushing yourself?.

Maybe l`m the modest type.

You know, l`ve half a notion

to take you in hand.

DlCK:
You know,

I think that`d be pretty wonderful.

[SlNGlNG]

When I hear music

I dream of romance

That`s why I love to dance

I must seek romance on crowded floors

For that`s when my cheek

Is close to yours

When we`re alone

I don `t stand half a chance

That`s why I love to dance

Tell me, why can `t this music

Go on forever?

Must we stop

Just because all the others do?

I need the music with all its charms

To get you into my lonely arms

When we`re alone

You`re as distant as France

That`s why I love to dance

That`s why I love

To dance

[WHlSPERS]

Gordon always takes the check.

Whispering, that`s not etiquette.

[lN NORMAL VOlCE] Well, isn`t it nice

that we`re all here together?.

Now we can talk about that job.

Oh, yes, the job.

-Well, mister, uh--

DlCK:
Johnson.

Mr. Johnson, l`ve been wondering if--

-Do you think you can sing underwater?.

-Underwater?.

I guess Ferdi means,

could you swim and then sing?.

-Well, I sing when I take a shower.

-Now, this would be entirely different.

Why don`t you and Nora dance?.

That`s an alluring two-step.

A rumba, Ferdi, but alluring.

You order for us, Gordon, and we`ll talk

about the job when we get back.

Hey, what`s the idea, Ferdi?.

Gordon, you bewilder me daily,

Sundays and holidays included.

Huh?.

You`re gonna give that slick-looking guy

a job in the same show with Nora?.

-But Nora asked me to.

-So what?.

Do you have to do everything

Nora asks you to do?.

I guess I do.

Didn`t your father ever tell you

about life and women?.

-What do you mean?.

-Gordon...

...I`m afraid the world ain`t ready

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Gladys Lehman

Gladys Lehman (January 24th, 1892 – April 7th, 1993) was an American screenwriter. Lehman was born in Gates, Oregon as Gladys Collins. As a college student she was initiated into Gamma Phi Beta sorority at the Xi chapter at the University of Idaho. Lehman was one of the founders of the Screen Writers Guild in 1933. Under contract at Universal from 1926 to 1932, she followed that with free-lance work until the early 1950s. She was also one of the founding members of the Motion Picture Relief Fund. As a screenwriter she shared an Oscar nomination with Richard Connell for Best Original Screenplay for Two Girls and a Sailor in 1944. more…

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