We Can't Have Everything

1918 film
Movie film Q4018655
We Can't Have Everything
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We Can't Have Everything

Summary

We Can't Have Everything is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Can't Have Everything's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • We Can't Have Everything was directed by Cecil B. DeMille[4].
  • William Churchill deMille wrote the screenplay for We Can't Have Everything[5].
  • We Can't Have Everything's genre is drama film[6].
  • We Can't Have Everything's genre is silent film[7].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Kathlyn Williams[8].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Elliott Dexter[9].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Wanda Hawley[10].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Thurston Hall[11].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Raymond Hatton[12].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Theodore Roberts[13].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Ernest Joy[14].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Charles Stanton Ogle[15].
  • A cast member of We Can't Have Everything was Sylvia Ashton[16].
  • We Can't Have Everything was produced by Cecil B. DeMille[17].
  • We Can't Have Everything's director of photography is recorded as Alvin Wyckoff[18].
  • We Can't Have Everything's color is recorded as black-and-white[19].
  • We Can't Have Everything's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • We Can't Have Everything was released on January 1, 1918[21].
  • We Can't Have Everything's distributed by is recorded as Paramount Pictures[22].
  • We Can't Have Everything's film editor is recorded as Anne Bauchens[23].
  • We Can't Have Everything's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "We Can't Have Everything"}[24].
  • We Can't Have Everything's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+60'}[25].
  • We Can't Have Everything's aspect ratio is recorded as 4:3[26].
  • We Can't Have Everything's production designer is recorded as Wilfred Buckland[27].

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Authorship and Creation

We Can't Have Everything was produced by Cecil B. DeMille[17]. It was directed by Cecil B. DeMille[4]. William Churchill deMille wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Kathlyn Williams[8], Elliott Dexter[9], Wanda Hawley[10], Thurston Hall[11], Raymond Hatton[12], and Theodore Roberts[13].

Publication

We Can't Have Everything was published on January 1, 1918[21]. Genres include drama film[6] and silent film[7].

Why It Matters

We Can't Have Everything ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Color → black-and-white
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+60'}
    Instance of → film
    Screenwriter → William Churchill deMille
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 190434, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269268|batch #269268]]"
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