description Keep 'Em Flying Overview
Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 American comedy film starring the comedy duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Directed by Arthur Lubin, it was the third film collaboration between Abbott and Costello and Lubin, following their successful films "Buck Privates" and "In the Navy" from the same year. The film takes its title from the slogan used by the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and follows the duo as they join the Air Corps and become involved with two Flying Tiger pilots and their romantic interests.
Like other Abbott and Costello films of the era, it features their trademark burlesque comedy routines interspersed with musical performances and romantic subplots.
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Who stars in Keep 'Em Flying?
Keep 'Em Flying stars the comedy team Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Arthur Lubin directed the 1941 American comedy.
What is Keep 'Em Flying about?
The film uses Abbott and Costello's comic partnership in an aviation setting. Its story mixes slapstick misunderstandings with the world of pilots and military flight.
Which Abbott and Costello films came before Keep 'Em Flying?
Keep 'Em Flying followed Buck Privates and In the Navy in the Abbott, Costello, and Arthur Lubin collaboration sequence. Those earlier films also used military settings for comedy.
When was Keep 'Em Flying released?
Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 American comedy film. It belongs to the early 1940s period when Abbott and Costello were major movie comedy stars.
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