Every Day's a Holiday (1937 film)

Every Day's a Holiday
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
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1937;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Every Day's a Holiday (1937) is a 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.^[1] 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.

Awards[]

The film was nominated an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Wiard Ihnen.^[2]^[3]

Cast[]

Mae West - Peaches O'Day
Edmund Lowe - Capt. McCarey
Charles Butterworth - Larmadou Graves
Charles Winninger - Van Reighle Van Pelter Van Doon
Walter Catlett - Nifty Bailey
Lloyd Nolan - John Quade
Louis Armstrong - Himself
George Rector - Himself
Herman Bing - Fritz Krausmeyer
Roger Imhof - Trigger Mike
Chester Conklin - Cabby
Lucien Prival - Danny the Dip
Adrian Morris - Henchman
Francis McDonald - Henchman
John Indrisano - Henchman

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. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 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.

External links[]

Every Day's a Holiday at IMDb
Every Day's a Holiday at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Cohen, Gabriel (November 27, 2005). "For You, Half Price". New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2018.

[NY_Times-2] "NY Times: Every Day's a Holiday". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2008.

[Oscars1938-3] "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

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