| Every Day's a Holiday | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
| Screenplay by | Mae West |
| Produced by | Emanuel Cohen |
| Starring | Mae West Edmund Lowe Charles Butterworth Charles Winninger Walter Catlett Lloyd Nolan |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Edited by | Ray Curtiss |
| Music by | George Stoll |
| Production company | Major Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Every Day's a Holiday is a 1937 American comedy film starring and co-written by Mae West, directed by A. Edward Sutherland, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film, released on December 18, 1937, also starred Edmund Lowe, Charles Winninger, and Charles Butterworth. This was West's last film under her Paramount contract, after which she went on to make My Little Chickadee (1940) for Universal Pictures and The Heat's On (1943) for Columbia Pictures.
Plot
In turn-of-the-century New York City, con artist Peaches O'Day (West) gets into trouble with the law for trying to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, but Jim McCarey (Lowe), a police captain, likes her enough that he lets her off with a promise from Peaches to leave town. She hatches a scheme instead with the wealthy Van Doon (Winninger) and butler Graves (Butterworth) to perform as a singer, calling herself Fifi, disguised in a black wig.
Quade (Lloyd Nolan), a chief of police with political ambitions, makes a pass at "Fifi" and is rejected. In anger, he orders the club closed. Capt. McCarey refuses and becomes Quade's rival, even persuaded to run against him for mayor.
Before giving a speech at Madison Square Garden during the campaign, McCarey is kidnapped. He escapes just in time and the publicity is helpful in his election victory. It turns out that Peaches planned the whole thing, resulting in a romantic relationship with the new mayor of New York.
Cast
- Mae West as Peaches O'Day
- Edmund Lowe as Capt. McCarey
- Charles Butterworth as Larmadou Graves
- Charles Winninger as Van Reighle Van Pelter Van Doon
- Walter Catlett as Nifty Bailey
- Lloyd Nolan as John Quade
- Louis Armstrong as Himself
- George Rector as Himself
- Herman Bing as Fritz Krausmeyer
- Roger Imhof as Trigger Mike
- Chester Conklin as Cabby
- Lucien Prival as Danny the Dip
- Adrian Morris as Henchman
- Francis McDonald as Henchman
- John Indrisano as Henchman
Awards
The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Wiard Ihnen.
References
- Cohen, Gabriel (November 27, 2005). "For You, Half Price". New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- "NY Times: Every Day's a Holiday". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
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