You Can't Have Everything

Director: Norman Taurog Norman Taurog

Overview

Alice Faye stars as aspiring playwright Judith Poe Wells. She falls in love with producer George Macrae (Don Ameche), which makes George's girlfriend Louise Hovick (Gypsy Rose Lee) see red. Judith drops from view while George loses his troublesome girlfriend and prepares to put together a Broadway musical. He chooses Judith's play for his next production, which of course reunites the pair at fadeout time. And how do The Ritz Brothers fit into You Can't Have Everything? Not very well, but the Ritzes do have one funny elongated number set in a Greenwich Village nightclub (where the extras are obviously breaking up at the boys' adlibs).

Product Details

Release Date:	12/17/2013
UPC:	0024543920397
Original Release:	1937
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Sales rank:	46,577

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Alice Faye	Judith Poe Wells
Don Ameche	George Macrae
Louise Hovick	Lulu Riley
Charles Winninger	Sam Gordon
Tony Martin	Bobby Walker
David Rubinoff	Himself
Arthur Treacher	Bevins
Phyllis Brooks	Evelyn Moore
Louis Prima	Orchestra Leader
George Humbert	Romano
Wally Vernon	Jerry
Jed Prouty	Mr. Whiteman
George Davis	Waiter,Dance Bit
Frank Puglia	Waiter
Paul Hurst	Truck Driver
Frank Yaconelli	Accordion Player
Nick Moro	Guitar Player
Dorothy Christy	Blonde
Bill Elliott	Lulu's Bathing Companion
Margaret Fielding	Miss Barkow
Robert Murphy	Alderman Barney Callahan
Inez Palange	Mrs. Romano
Si Jenks	Janitor
Jane Kerr	Scrubwoman
Mary Gordon	Scrubwoman
Bonita Weber	Scrubwoman
Clara Blandick	Townswoman
Robert Lowery	Copilot
June Gale	Girl in YWCA
Hank Mann	Cab Driver
Jayne Regan	Stewardess
Lynne Berkeley	Joan
William Mathieson	Bagpiper
Thomas Pogue	Standee
Claudia Coleman	Matron in YWCA
Sam Ash	Publicity Agent
Howard Cantonwine	Tony
The Ritz Brothers [Al, Jimmy, Harry]	Themselves
Tip, Tap & Toe	Themselves
Jimmy Ritz	One of the Ritz Brothers,Himself,Himself
Tyler Brooke	Actor

Technical Credits

Karl Tunberg

Harry Tugend

Jack Yellen

Norman Taurog	Director
Lawrence Schwab	Producer
Karl Tunberg	Screenwriter
Darryl Zanuck	Producer
Harry Tugend	Screenwriter
Jack Yellen	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

You Can't Have Everything indeed does not have everything, but it does have Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee and some enjoyable tunes, and that turns out to be quite enough for a very engaging little musical romp. It's also a pleasant surprise to be able to report that The Ritz Brothers should also be listed among Everything's assets. In most films, the Ritzes' appeal can be extremely elusive, but in Everything they're shown off to good advantage. Indeed, it's not going too far to say that they are genuinely funny and bring about more than their fair share of laughs for once. It's all in the material, which suits them to a "t," and apparently in director Norman Taurog's decision to keep the reins pulled in a bit on the boys. Taurog has no such problems with Faye of course, who is called upon to do what she does best -- look lovely, suffer romantic complications nobly, exhibit a sometimes-tough exterior and above all let that rich alto voice of hers weave itself around some music. Mack Gordon and Harry Revel supply her with some songs that suit her very well, while also making sure that Tony Martin, Don Ameche and the Ritzes aren't neglected. Ameche and Martin are fine, as is Charles Winninger, but it's Gypsy Rose Lee (billed under her real name of Louise Hovick) that gets the supporting attention, playing the troublesome other woman and having quite a fine time of it. The screenplay is too slight to make Everything a for-the-ages classic, but there's enough sheer entertainment to make it an amiable way to pass the time.

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler