I have neglected the classics over the past year but will fold some good Old Hollywood films back into the program. What better way to start than with a new entry in the 20% club? Okay, thanks to a lot of ermine, it gets across the finish line, but it's legit. It is our latest (and not last) Mae West review. So let's get back to work because Every Day's a Holiday!
Every Day's a Holiday – The Film
The irony is… this is another period piece. But it's a Mae West period piece, so it's got way more fur in it than it should. In turn-of-the-(20th)-century New York, con artist Peaches O'Day (Mae West) is going around selling the Brooklyn Bridge (which was not a tired joke in 1937). She gets caught but continues the grift, all the way up to getting a patsy elected mayor of New York. Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss, baby.
Every Day's a Holiday – The Furs

Every Day's a Holiday works its way up to the best stuff, as befitting the ever-increasing stakes of Peache's latest con. She's out selling the Brooklyn Bridge in pretty rudimentary feathers.
She utters these immortal words here as Graves requires too much direction in what to steal.

While the scene where the ermine fur cape is stolen goes on for quite a while, we only see Peaches wearing it briefly.
This is the second longest fur on screen and better than the ermine. Peaches is wearing a wig and pretending to be “Fifi.”

Finally, we arrive at the film and fur fashion climax—this magnificent fox fur collar.
Peaches is leading a parade in support of her mayoral candidate and dressing for the occasion.
Every Day's a Holiday is pretty great on any level. It is a solid 20% club member, offers variety in the furs on screen, and provides one solid, fantastic fur to top it all off. Starring Mae West doesn't hurt, either. I know it's in black and white, so it will never get the engagement of my color posts, but if you're turning your nose up at this, I just can't understand.
- Fur Runtime: 19:20 minutes
- Film Runtime: 80 minutes
- On-Screen Fur Ratio: 24%
Find-a-Fur: Every Day's a Holiday, 1937
(all times are approximate and are affected by the cut of the film)
- 6:55 – 9:30 big collar feather
- 11:20 – 27:05 – ermine wrap muff, big gaps
- 33:34 – 36:35 – muskrat? muff stole
- 53:30 – 59:30 – rex wrap
- 1:07:25 – mink collar + muff
- 1:14:30 – 1:18:25 (end) giant fox collar