Every Day's a Holiday

Say, Boss, Flanagan wants to know if he's good for a drink.

- Has he had it? - He has.

He is.

Hello, Killy! Hello, Dolly!

- Well, well, Jake. - Ah, Nifty!

Happy new year, folks. Greetings and salutations!

It's good to see a man duded up like you.

Thanks, Jake. Well, you know, old boy,

it ain't every night that we cast aside a hundred years

and make a deal for another hundred, eh?

- That's right. - Yes, siree.

- Happy new year, Jerry. - Hi.

Charlie! Happy new year!

Remember the Maine, sailor! Hello there, Tom!

Well, Mike! Greetings. Oh! Happy new year.

Gus!

Say, Mike, where, er... Where's Peaches?

Peaches O'Day? She ain't here no more.

What? Peaches not here?

Oh, that's bad, that's bad, that's bad news.

- She had to leave town. - Ohhhh...

Selling the Brooklyn Bridge again, huh? Smart girl, that Peaches.

Yes, but what gets me is how she gets away with it.

Mmm! Me too.

Oh, but look, you can't tell me she won't be in town on New Year's Eve.

Well, you'd better make your rounds a little later, Nifty,

and you may just happen to run into her.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, Mike, I'll do that little thing.

You know, Mike, I'm gonna make a million dollars.

Maybe two million.

Well, happy new year, Mike.

A very happy new year. Good night.

Now, I don't wanna have to tell you boys this again,

but this Van Doon and his reform gang are raisin' plenty of Ned with me.

I know there's gonna be a lot of trouble in town tonight

and it's up to you boys to keep it down to a minimum.

Let's wind up the old year with a good record, huh?

All right, boys, that's all.

Merry Christmas to all of ya. I mean, uh, happy new...

Yeah, happy new year's to ya.

- Where's McCarey? - I don't know, but it was a fine speech, Boss.

- Huh? - I say it was a fine speech!

- Oh, yeah, thanks. - Yeah, fine speech.

Thanks.

Especially that part about Christmas. I liked that.

- I thought you said you couldn't find him. - I couldn't.

Now listen here, Captain McCarey,

I'm gonna tell you this for the last time. Round her up!

Round who up?

You know who I'm talking about. Peaches O'Day.

You reported that she left town a month ago.

- Sure, I did. - Well, she's back.

I covered this town like a rug and I ain't seen hide or hair of her.

Yeah, maybe you don't wanna see her.

There's a sucker inside now yellin' his lungs out

because she sold him the Brooklyn Bridge.

Oh, then she must have sold it to him by mail.

Give me that warrant!

Here's your warrant. Bring her in.

All right, Inspector, I'll bring her in. If I can find her.

Now, never you mind about that. She's in town, you get her.

Who for, you or the city?

For me. For the city!

- Merry Christmas, Inspector. - Merry Chr... Get goin'!

Hello. Tell every detective on duty tonight to be on the lookout for Peaches O'Day.

She's back in town. Yeah.

Boss, you sure hate that Peaches O'Day.

No worse than she hates me, and I'm like an elephant, I never forget.

What's an elephant got to remember?

Oh, you... Quit botherin' me, will ya?

Listen, I wanna get outta here.

It's Christmas. I mean... Get my hat and coat!

Hurry it up, will ya I got an appointment I don't wanna miss.

Can't go any faster, Miss Peaches, it's against the law.

The law, the law!

It's getting to be a body can't breathe without a flatfoot checkin' up on ya.

That's one of them there horseless carriages.

The ones I rode in ain't been so fancy.

Catch up with him, I wanna look it over.

How do you do?

Hello, my pleasure.

I thought it would be. I see you're out for a gallop.

Oh, it's these cobblestones that make me appear to be galloping.

Did you ever take a ride in an automobile? It's quite an experience.

Oh, I have lots.

Autos?

You suppose I could persuade you to take a spin with me?

That ain't a bad idea, if I could meet you a little later.

Well, I'd be delighted. In fact, I'd be thrilled to the core.

Maybe we can ring in the new year together, huh?

- I'm beside myself. - You certainly are.

- My card. - Oh.

Here's mine.

Peaches! How Winsome.

- You think so? - Yes, it is.

Say, I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything in the world.

You won't lose my address?

Say, when I lose an address, I lose my mind.

- Well, goodbye, see ya later. - Goodbye.

Well, come on, hurry up. I ain't here to collect icicles.

Forgive me, please,

I did not wish to be late, but when I was running around the corner,

I tripped in the snow and my feet went up and the rest of me went down.

Well, that's life for ya. Ups and downs. Have you got the money?

Sure, exactly as we have arranged.

Two hundred dollars and the Brooklyn Bridge is mine.

Two hundred? Why, I told you three.

What are you trying to do, swindle me?

But, please, lady, I am an honest man.

- That's what I took you for. - So... So... So you are not mad at me?

Oh, I ain't mad, I just wanna get this transaction over with.

You know, the only way to do a thing is to do it,

if you know what I mean, George.

Please, excuse me, Fritz Krausmeyer is the name.

All right, Charlie, hand over the $200.

- But, excuse me, the name is Fritz. - So it's Fritz! Count the money.

Fifty, one hundred, one hundred and fifty, two hundred.

Sold to the gentleman with the mouth full of marbles.

And now I am the proprietor of the Brooklyn Bridge?

Here's your receipt.

I cannot express my joy. I'm all choked up with a bump in my throat.

I know just how ya feel.

Well, goodbye and good luck. I hope you enjoy your bridge.

When this one wears out, I'll sell ya a new one.

Ah, what a beautiful structure!

Hey, cut that out, Bill, people will think you know me.

Fritz.

Please, Fritz. Mmm!

- Hey, mister? - Hmm?

- You dropped your wallet... - Oh, thank you, sir.

- You can't do nothin' to me. - Sure?

Better watch your step, McCarey,

I got it in with your boss, "Honest" John Quade.

Sure you have. Everybody has.

You don't want him to get sore at you.

Quade? He's one of my closest friends.

We just had a dish of tea together.

You know how John stands downtown with the big boss, too.

- They sleep together. - That's nice and chummy.

Better let me go, McCarey.

I'm warning you, you'll get broke if you don't.

Hmm, that's very interesting.

Now, listen, you. I'm gonna do that every time I see ya.

- Are you gettin' outta town? - Yes, sir.

- So y'are back in town. - Well, I ain't got no twin.

Too bad you ain't, maybe you could get her to sit in jail for you.

Ha! Everything a flatfoot says is funny to me.

Just a minute. I wouldn't borrow trouble if I was you.

Borrow it? Why, I got it to give away.

Yeah, and you're in for more of it.

You know, I can't let you get away with it forever.

Why did you come back?

It's New Year's Eve, that's why.

That oughta mean something, even to a copper.

Well, there ain't no holidays in my business.

You're still my chief worry.

Well, why worry? Just forget about me and we'll both be happy.

I wish it was as easy as that, but it ain't.

Why do you suppose I never run ya in before?

You tell me.

Because I happen to be chump enough to like you.

I ain't expectin' no flatfoot to like me any more than I'm likin' a flatfoot.

Brush that chip off your shoulder and listen a minute.

Take that badge off your vest and maybe I will.

Peaches, whatever you think of me

ain't nearly as important as what you should think of yourself.

You've got good stuff in you if you'll only give it a chance to work.

You've got brains, you're clever, plenty of talent, and...

- Well, you ain't hard to look at. - Yeah.

Well, with those qualities, if you went straight,

there's no reason in the world why you shouldn't go to the top.

The top of what?

Say, stop motherin' me. I'm doin' all right.

All right, all right, have it your way,

but this is the last and final chance I'm giving you.

Now, you got to get out of town inside of an hour and stay out.

I've got a warrant for you, and strict orders to bring you in.

Oh, it ain't from me. It's from Quade personally.

Quade?

Why, that cheap graftin' heel. He's sore cos I wouldn't hand him a tumble.

You mean, he made love to ya?

Well, he went through all the emotions.

That part of it's all right, but you're still breaking the law and I'm still a cop.

Either you get out of town tonight, or I'll have to slap that warrant on ya, see?

You've got me all wrong.

I might crack a law now and then, but I ain't never broke one.

The only law you ain't ever broke is the law of gravity.