Keep Young and Beautiful

For the episode of the BBC TV series Dad's Army, see 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[1]. The lyrics exhort women to "keep young and beautiful, if you want to be loved", and give advice to that end such as the proper use of cosmetics. In the original performance Cantor's character has been put in blackface and mistaken for an "Ethiopian beauty specialist", the song is performed in that role[2].

A recording by Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra was released in 1934.[3]

Annie Lennox recorded a cover of the song for her album Diva (1992).[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ^ Hemming, Roy (1999). The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals. Newmarket Press. p. 263. ISBN 9781557043801. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Routt, William D; Thompson, Richard J (1990). "Keep Young and Beautiful: Surplus and Subversion in Roman Scandals". Journal of Film and Video. 42 (1): 30–31. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 286. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  4. ^ Ford, Tom (May 24, 1992). "A Different Annie Lennox Emerges On Diva Sounds". Toledo Blade. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  5. ^ Gerald Pawle (1974), The War and Colonel Warden, White Lion Publishers, p. 212, ISBN 0-85617-637-0, 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.



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