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Keep 'Em Flying (1941) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Arthur Lubin and produced by Glenn Tryon.

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Blackie Benson: No, you don't want to drink. Remember, every time you go into a barroom, the Devil goes in with you.
Heathcliff: If he does, he buys his own drink.


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The original trailer was actually a one-reel recruitment short, running about nine minutes, for the Army Air Corps which included clips from this film.
"Pig Foot Pete", performed by Martha Raye in the film, was a 1942 Academy Award nominee for Best Song. However, on the ballots the song was attributed to Hellzapoppin', though it never appeared in that film. The Academy has no record of how the error occurred.
This was originally planned for production after Ride 'Em Cowboy. The huge success of Abbott and Costello's previous service comedies, Buck Privates and In the Navy, caused Universal to produce this first. The War Department also announced a recruitment campaign called "Keep 'Em Flying Week" which Universal could use as a patriotic tie-in.
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