You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything
	Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	Story:; Gregory Ratoff; Story:; Screenplay:; Harry Tugend; Karl Tunberg; Jack Yellen
Starring	Alice Faye; Don Ameche
Music by	Mack Gordon
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by	Hanson T. Fritch
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	August 3, 1937
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

You Can't Have Everything is a 1937 Fox musical film directed by Norman Taurog and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Alice Faye and Don Ameche, and was the film debut for Gypsy Rose Lee credited as Louise Hovick part of her birth name.

Plot

Judith Poe Wells (Alice Faye) is a would-be playwright who has almost no money. As a result of ordering a meal in a restaurant where she cannot afford to pay, she meets George Macrae (Don Ameche), a musical writer with a lot of power. He offers her play North Winds to producer Sam Woods. He knows it isn't any good, but he has fallen in love with her and does it to win her over.

Cast

Alice Faye – Judith Poe Wells
Don Ameche – George Macrae
Al Ritz – Al Ritz
Jimmy Ritz – Jimmy Ritz
Harry Ritz – Harry Ritz
Charles Winninger – Sam Gordon
Gypsy Rose Lee – Lulu Riley
Arthur Treacher – Bevins
Tony Martin – Bobby Walker
David Rubinoff – Rubinoff and His Violin
Tip, Tap and Toe

Soundtrack

You Can't Have Everything
- Sung by Alice Faye; reprised by The Ritz Brothers, Composer: M. Gordon, H. Revel
Chopsticks
- Performed by The Ritz Brothers
Danse Rubinoff
- Instrumental, written and played by David Rubinoff
Long Underwear
- Sung and danced by The Ritz Brothers and chorus
The Loveliness of You
- Sung by Tony Martin
Afraid to Dream
- Sung by Don Ameche; reprised by Alice Faye, Tony Martin, chorus
Please Pardon Us - We're in Love
- Sung by Alice Faye; reprised by her, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, The Ritz Brothers
Rhythm on the Radio
- Danced by "Tip, Tap and Toe"
North Pole Sketch
- Performed by The Ritz Brothers, Tony Martin, others

Other releases

Doris Day recorded the title track "You Can't Have Everything" by M. Gordon, H. Revel in 1960, along with "A Hundred Years From Today" by J. Young, N. Washington, V. Young, and "What Every Girl Should Know" by R. Wells, D. Holt and "Mood Indigo" by D. Ellington, I. Mills, A. Bigard

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