You Can't Have Everything (1937)

6.5/10 100 min Comedy Romance

Overview

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...

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

Louis Prima

Orchestra Leader

George Humbert

Romano

Jed Prouty

Mr. Whiteman

Dorothy Christy

Blonde

George Davis

Waiter at Romano's (uncredited)

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