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You Can't Have Everything (1937)

NR · 1937-08-02 · 1h 40m · EN
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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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Norman TaurogDirector

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Alice FayeAlice FayeJudith Poe WellsAl RitzAl RitzAl RitzHarry RitzHarry RitzHarry RitzDon AmecheDon AmecheGeorge MacraeJimmy RitzJimmy RitzJimmy RitzCharles WinningerCharles WinningerSam GordonGypsy Rose LeeGypsy Rose LeeLulu RileyTony MartinTony MartinBobby WalkerDavid RubinoffDavid RubinoffRubinoffPhyllis BrooksPhyllis BrooksEvelyn MooreArthur TreacherArthur TreacherBevinsWally VernonWally VernonJerry

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What is You Can't Have Everything about?

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...

How long is You Can't Have Everything?

You Can't Have Everything has a runtime of 100 minutes.