We Can't Have Everything
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Cecil B. Demille
Kathlyn Williams
Elliott Dexter
Wanda Hawley
Sylvia Breamer
Thurston Hall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Just as Charity Coe Cheever is granted a divorce from her husband Peter, who has become fascinated with dancer Zada L'Etoile, the real love of Charity's life, Jim Dyckman, proposes to a flighty film actress named Kedzie Thropp. Jim realizes that he has made a mistake when Kedzie engages in a flirtation with the Marquis of Strathdene, an aviator who promises to marry her if she can secure a divorce from her husband. One evening, Jim takes Charity for a drive, but a storm compels them to seek refuge in a country inn, and although they spend the evening innocently, Kedzie learns of the situation and recognizes her opportunity to file for divorce. With the eruption of World War I, however, Kedzie is forced to watch her new husband depart for the front, and Jim becomes an officer. He later finds Charity serving in a base hospital, and the two finally are united.
Director
Cecil B. Demille
Cast
Kathlyn Williams
Elliott Dexter
Wanda Hawley
Sylvia Breamer
Thurston Hall
Raymond Hatton
Tully Marshall
Theodore Roberts
James Neill
Ernest Joy
Billy Elmer
Alvin Wyckoff
Charles Ogle
Sylvia Ashton
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
A real-life fire at the Lasky Studio was filmed and incorporated into the plot.
Notes
Scenes depicting the making of a film are included, in which Tully Marshall, playing a director, caricatured the directing styles of D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Footage from an actual fire at the Lasky studio was incorporated into the film. Modern sources credit editing to DeMille and Anne Bauchens.
