We Can't Have Everything was a 1918 American silent drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and adapted for the screen by his brother, William C. De Mille.

[4] As described in a film magazine,[5] very much in love with her husband, Charity Coe Cheever (Williams) discovers that her husband is in love with Zada L'Etoile (Breamer), a popular dancer, and so she divorces him.

During one of Jim's absences Kedzie meets the young British airman, the Marquis Of Strathdene (Hatten), and falls very much in love with him.

Out for a ride one evening, Jim and Charity are forced during a storm to remain in a roadhouse.

The start of the war puts Jim in the trenches in Europe and Charity in a convalescent hospital, they meet again and love finally wins.