Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Written by	True Boardman Nat Perrin John Grant
Produced by	Glenn Tryon
Starring	Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye Carol Bruce
Cinematography	Joseph Valentine
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Music by	Charles Previn
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 28, 1941 (1941-11-28)
Running time	86 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$450,000[1]

Keep 'Em Flying is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Arthur Lubin starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Martha Raye and Carol Bruce.^[2] The film was their third service comedy based on the peacetime draft of 1940. The comedy team had appeared in two previous service comedies in 1941, before the United States entered the war: Buck Privates, released in January, and In the Navy, released in May.^[3] Flying Cadets, along with Keep 'Em Flying were both produced by Universal Pictures in 1941.^[4]

The film's title is taken from the official motto of the U.S. Army Air Corps, some five months after it had been reformed into the USAAF. Keep 'Em Flying reflected the "spirit of the times" and encouraged many young men to volunteer for flight training."^[5]