Movie: You Can't Have Everything

Top 10 Billed Cast

Alice Faye
Alice Faye

Judith Poe Wells

Al Ritz
Al Ritz

Al Ritz

Harry Ritz
Harry Ritz

Harry Ritz

Jimmy Ritz
Jimmy Ritz

Jimmy Ritz

Don Ameche
Don Ameche

George Macrae

Charles Winninger
Charles Winninger

Sam Gordon

Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy Rose Lee

Lulu Riley

David Rubinoff
David Rubinoff

Rubinoff

Arthur Treacher
Arthur Treacher

Bevins

Tony Martin
Tony Martin

Bobby Walker

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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...

  • Release Date

    1937-08-02

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
  • Tagline

    IT REACHES NEW HI-DE-HEIGHTS OF HILARITY!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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