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We Can't Have Everything

  • 1918
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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We Can't Have Everything (1918)
ComedyDrama

A married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their marriage in order to be with the one each truly loves. But the more they untangle one knot, the fast... Read allA married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their marriage in order to be with the one each truly loves. But the more they untangle one knot, the faster more confusing knots appear.A married couple, each in love with another, attempts to unentangle themselves from their marriage in order to be with the one each truly loves. But the more they untangle one knot, the faster more confusing knots appear.

  • Director
    • Cecil B. DeMille
  • Writers
    • William C. de Mille
    • Rupert Hughes
  • Stars
    • Kathlyn Williams
    • Elliott Dexter
    • Wanda Hawley
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    22
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    • Director
      • Cecil B. DeMille
    • Writers
      • William C. de Mille
      • Rupert Hughes
    • Stars
      • Kathlyn Williams
      • Elliott Dexter
      • Wanda Hawley
    • 2User reviews
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    Kathlyn Williams
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    • Charity Coe Cheever
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    • Jim Dyckman
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    • Kedzie Thropp
    Sylvia Breamer
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    • Zada L'Etoile
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    • Peter Cheever
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      • Cecil B. DeMille
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      • William C. de Mille
      • Rupert Hughes
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    Single-Black-Male

    The New Novel

    With the assistance of Jeanie Macpherson bringing all of her experience from working with D.W. Griffith, the 37 year old Cecil B. DeMille was able to bring this novel to life in a film that is part of a trilogy (Old Wives for New, Don't Change Your Husbands, etc). This was the start of DeMille's films being regarded as the new novel.
    Single-Black-Male

    Cecil B. DeMille and Ethnicity

    The socio-economic issue of ethnicity still pops up in DeMille's films. In this one, he had Chinese servants serving tea in a caricature fashion. The set and costume designs have a Japanese strain to it, highlighting the fact that DeMille is obsessed with race, class and ethnicity.

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    • Trivia
      A real-life fire at the Lasky Studio was filmed and incorporated into the plot.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)

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    • Release date
      • July 7, 1918 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Allt vad man kan önska sig
    • Production company
      • Artcraft Pictures Corporation
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    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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