You Can't Have Everything

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You Can't Have Everything (1937)

Directed by Norman Taurog

“IT REACHES NEW HI-DE-HEIGHTS OF HILARITY!”

Comedy, Romance · 1h 40m

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...

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Cast

Alice Faye Judith Poe Wells Al Ritz Al Ritz Harry Ritz Harry Ritz Jimmy Ritz Jimmy Ritz Don Ameche George Macrae Charles Winninger Sam Gordon Gypsy Rose Lee Lulu Riley David Rubinoff Rubinoff Arthur Treacher Bevins Tony Martin Bobby Walker Phyllis Brooks Evelyn Moore Wally Vernon Jerry

Crew

Director
Norman Taurog
Screenplay
Harry Tugend, Jack Yellen, Karl Tunberg
Director of Photography
Lucien N. Andriot
Original Music Composer
Mack Gordon, Harry Revel
Editor
Hanson T. Fritch

Details

Release date
1937-08-02
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
20th Century Fox