Thrill of a Romance

1945
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1h 45m

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Van Johnson and Esther Williams in Thrill of a Romance (1945)

Holiday Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Musical Romance

A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman after her husband abandons her on their honeymoo... Read allA swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.

Director
- Richard Thorpe
Writers
- Richard Connell
- Gladys Lehman
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6.4/10

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Director
- Richard Thorpe
Writers
- Richard Connell
- Gladys Lehman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The featured song "Please Don't Say No (Say Maybe)" was recorded by numerous singers in the late 1940s.

Goofs
When Cynthia and Thomas are lost in the woods she lies down to sleep and she has his jacket over one shoulder. He reaches down and pulls the jacket all the way over her. They cut to him and then back to her and the jacket is still only over one shoulder.

Quotes
Hobart Glenn: Hello, Mermaid. Have a good day?
Cynthia Glenn: Swell. I got a pretty good headline for you.
Hobart Glenn: Yeah? "Man With Three Wives Asks Why Not?" Fair question. Thank you dear. I'll put it right in the book. Cynthia in the headlines you find all the wisdom and all the foolishness for the alleged human race. I collect the foolishness. There's more of it.

Connections
Edited from The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)

Soundtracks
Please Don't Say No, Say Maybe
(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Sung by Lauritz Melchior
Performed also by The King Sisters and Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocal by Jerry Scott

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9/10

Life Changing Movie

This movie had a huge impact on my life. In 1945 when I was nine years old, my grandfather offered to pay for boxing lessons for me. The problem was that I was not interested in having boxing lessons, however my parents and I had recently seen the Thrill of a Romance movie; and needless to say I developed a huge crush on Ester Williams. I asked my mother if she thought that my grandfather would pay for swimming lessons, and he did! As a result of seeing this movie, I learned to swim and then swam competitively from age ten through high school and then played four years water polo at UCLA. During the summers, while in college and continuing until age 62, I worked as a lifeguard and pool manager. Both daughters also swam competitively and had summer lifeguard jobs....... Thank You Ester Williams :-)