We Can't Have Everything (1918)

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:

Rupert Hughes (novel), William C. de Mille

Stars:

Kathlyn Williams, Elliott Dexter, Wanda Hawley

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kathlyn Williams	...	Charity Coe Cheever
Elliott Dexter	...	Jim Dyckman
Wanda Hawley	...	Kedzie Thropp
Sylvia Breamer	...	Zada L'Etoile
Thurston Hall	...	Peter Cheever
Raymond Hatton	...	Marquis Of Strathdene
Tully Marshall	...	The Director
Theodore Roberts	...	The Sultan
James Neill	...	Detective
Ernest Joy	...	Heavy
William Elmer	...	Props
Charles Ogle	...	Kedzie's Father
Sylvia Ashton	...	Kedzie's Mother

Storyline

Socialite Charity Cheever, though neglected by her unfaithful husband, tells her would-be lover Dyckman to find another which he does. When she is finally divorced, Dyckman is already married. But the new Mrs. Dyckman is already in love with a Marquis so an opening appears.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

7 July 1918 (USA)

Also Known As:

L'illusion du bonheur

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artcraft Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the Cecil B. DeMille Society, this is a lost film.

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Connections

Referenced in Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)

User Reviews

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.