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Keep Fit
1937 British film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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.[2][3]
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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
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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".[4]
Kinematograph Weekly reported the film as a "winner" at the British box office in February 1938.[5]
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