It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.
In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals.

This week’s musical:
You Can’t Have Everything (1937) – Musical #615

Studio:
20th Century Fox

Director:
Norman Taurog

Starring:
Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Louise Hovick), Arthur Treacher, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Wally Vernon, Jed Prouty, Lynne Berkeley (uncredited), Paul Hurst (uncredited)
Themselves: Louis Prima, Tip Tap & Toe, David Rubinoff (billed as Rubinoff)

Plot:
The great-granddaughter of Edgar Allan Poe, Judy Poe Wells (Faye), wants to be a playwright. But Judy excels more at singing than writing. Broadway producer George Macrae (Ameche) meets Judy and hears her sing. Knowing she hates his plays, he keeps his identity a secret, while trying to get her to star in one of his musical shows.

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