You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything

100 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Aug. 2, 1937

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...

You Can't Have Everything

100 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Aug. 2, 1937

You Can't Have Everything
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...
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title You Can't Have Everything
Directors Norman Taurog
Writers Jack Yellen, Harry Tugend

Cast

Alice Faye

as Judith Poe Wells

Don Ameche

as George Macrae

Charles Winninger

as Sam Gordon

Gypsy Rose Lee

as Lulu Riley (as Louise Hovick)

Arthur Treacher

as Himself (as Rubinoff)

Tony Martin

as Bobby Walker

Phyllis Brooks

as Evelyn Moore

Wally Vernon

as Jerry

Louis Prima

as Orchestra Leader

George Davis

as Waiter at Romano's (uncredited)

Joan Davis

as Girl in Y.W.C.A. (uncredited)

Tip Tap & Toe

as Specialty

George Humbert

as Romano

Jed Prouty

as Mr. Whiteman

Dorothy Christy

as Blonde

Sam Ash

as Publicity Agent

Lynn Bari

as Girl at Y.W.C.A.

Lynne Berkeley

as Joan - Pianist

Clara Blandick

as Townswoman

Tyler Brooke

as Hotel Clerk

Claudia Coleman

as Y.W.C.A. Matron

Frances Drake

as Girl in Y.W.C.A.

Bill Elliott

as Lulu's Bathing Companion

Clarette Ellis

as Chorus girl

Margaret Fielding

as Miss Barkow

Ted Fraser

as Tap of Tip - Tap and Toe

June Gale

as Girl in Y.W.C.A.

Mary Gordon

as Y.W.C.A. Scrub Woman

Samuel Green

as Tip of Tip - Tap and Toe

Philippa Hilber

as Chorus girl

Paul Hurst

as Truck Driver

Si Jenks

as Y.W.C.A. Janitor

Jane Kerr

as Y.W.C.A. Scrub Woman

Tommy Klein

as Flower Boy

Robert Lowery

as Co-Pilot

Hank Mann

as Cab Driver

William Mathieson

as Bagpiper

Paul McVey

as Undetermined Role

Marie Melesh

as Woman in Cafe

Nick Moro

as Guitar Player

Bob Murphy

as Alderman Barney Callahan

Inez Palange

as Mrs. Romano

Thomas Pogue

as Standee at Show

Lillian Porter

as Chorus girl

Frank Puglia

as Waiter at Romano's

Jayne Regan

as Stewardess

Al Ritz

as Al Ritz - One of The Ritz Brothers

Harry Ritz

as Harry Ritz - One of The Ritz Brothers

Jimmy Ritz

as Jimmy Ritz - One of The Ritz Brothers

Floyd Shackelford

as Doorman

Mary Stewart

as Girl in Y.W.C.A.

Bonita Weber

as Y.W.C.A. Scrub Woman

Ray Winfield

as Toe of Tip - Tap and Toe

Frank Yaconelli

as Accordion Player