| Keep Fit | |
| Director: | Anthony Kimmins |
| Producer: | Basil Dean Jack Kitchin |
| Starring: | George Formby Kay Walsh Guy Middleton Evelyn Roberts |
| Cinematography: | John W. Boyle Gordon Dines Ronald Neame |
| Music: | Ernest Irving |
| Editing: | Ernest Aldridge |
| Studio: | Associated Talking Pictures |
| Distributor: | ABFD |
| Runtime: | 82 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Keep Fit is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Kay Walsh and Guy Middleton. Formby was at his British top box-office peak when this comedy was made.[1]
George Formby again plays his working class underdog, gormless, gullible, indefatigable and triumphant hero. A weakling, Formby's character overcomes obstacles to beat a corrupt rival in the boxing ring. He plays a scrawny barber's assistant who, in response to the keep fit fad sweeping through Britain at the time, dreams of a better physique, and sings of it in the catchy "Biceps, Muscle and Brawn". He falls in love with a beautiful manicurist, and competes for her affections with a muscle bound thug. The manicurist is more attracted to the brute until the barber can prove that he is a crook, and defeat him in the boxing ring.[2] [3]
According to Sky Movies "it's a bouncy, confidently made comedy that's fun throughout and pretty hilarious in its boxing-ring conclusion".[4]