Keep Fit

{{Infobox film

| name = Keep Fit

| caption =

| image = "Keep_Fit"_(1937).jpg

| director = Anthony Kimmins

| producer = Basil Dean
Jack Kitchin

| writer = Anthony Kimmins
Austin Melford

| narrator =

| 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

| released = {{Film date|1937|08|18|df=y}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/keep-fit/review |title=Keep Fit - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2002-05-23 |access-date=2014-03-12}}

Synopsis

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/keep-fit-v97582 |title=Keep Fit (1937) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |date= |access-date=12 March 2014}}{{cite web|last=Nield |first=Anthony |url=http://film.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/72385/keep-fit.html#ixzz2t9B1QvG1 |title=Keep Fit DVD Video Review|publisher=Film, the digital fix|date=8 April 2010|access-date=12 March 2014}}

Cast

George Formby as George Green
Kay Walsh as Joan Allen
Guy Middleton as Hector Kent
George Benson as Ernie Gill
Gus McNaughton as "Echo" Publicity Manager
Evelyn Roberts as Mr Barker
Aubrey Mallalieu as Magistrate
Edmund Breon as Sir Augustus Marks
Hal Gordon as Reporter
Hal Walters as Racing Tough
C. Denier Warren as Editor
Edgar Driver as Boat Hire Owner
Leo Franklyn as Racing Tough
Robert Nainby as Judge At The Gym
Julian Vedey as Hairdressing Dept Head
Jack Vyvian as Boat Hire Man
D.J. Williams as Editor of The Gazette

Critical reception

According to Sky Movies "it's a bouncy, confidently made comedy that's fun throughout and pretty hilarious in its boxing-ring conclusion".{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/keep-fit/review |title=Keep Fit - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=23 May 2002|access-date=12 March 2014}}