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You Can’t Have Everything (1937) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1937 · 100 mins · English
- Directed by
- Norman Taurog
- Starring
- Don Ameche, George Davis, Paul McVey, Paul Hurst, Charles Winninger, Louis Prima
Starving playwright Judith Wells bumps into carefree musical writer George Macrae while sharing a stolen plate of spaghetti. George persuades producer Sam Gordon to finance Judith’s absurd play “North Winds” to improve his romantic chances, even coaxing her to sing in a type of show she pretends to despise. Just as their romance blossoms, Gordon’s former flame Lulu reveals a surprising secret that threatens everything.
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