Keep Young and Beautiful

{{Short description|1933 song}}

{{For|the episode of the BBC TV series Dad's Army|Keep Young and Beautiful (Dad's Army episode)}}

"Keep Young and Beautiful" is a song by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Harry Warren (music), performed by Eddie Cantor and a chorus in the 1933 film Roman Scandals.{{cite book |title=The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals |last=Hemming |first=Roy|year=1999 |publisher=Newmarket Press |page=263|isbn=9781557043801 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-nEd2lSb_oC&q=%22keep+young+and+beautiful%22+dubin+warren&pg=PA263 |accessdate=May 18, 2011}}

A recording by Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra was released in 1934.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/286 286]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/286}}

Annie Lennox recorded a cover of the song for her album Diva (1992).{{cite news |title=A Different Annie Lennox Emerges On Diva Sounds |author=Ford, Tom |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XigxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6815,6335400&dq=keep-young-and-beautiful+lennox&hl=en |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=May 24, 1992 |accessdate=May 18, 2011}}

While it does not appear in the original 1980 version, the song is used in act 1 for the 2001 Broadway revival of Warren and Dubin's 42nd Street. The cast recording is performed by Mary Testa, Jonathan Freeman, and the ensemble.

The song was a favourite of Winston Churchill.{{citation |title=The War and Colonel Warden |quote=One scratched and ancient record which he demanded time and again was of Eddie Cantor singing "Build a little home" and "Keep Young and Beautiful," from the pre-war film Roman Scandals.|page=212 |year=1974 |isbn=0-85617-637-0 |author=Gerald Pawle|publisher=White Lion Publishers }}