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You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 2, 1937

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Comedy, Romance

User Score

57%

Original Title

You Can't Have Everything

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Norman Taurog

Description

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...