Usually this doesn't work with this type of display because there is only a single common cathode anode. (I checked an actual datasheet before my posting.) If your particular display has multiple CC or CA pins, then this could work...
In his original post, he said he's thinking of making an LED digit in this format. My impression was that he's doing it out of discrete LEDs, which is why I made that suggestion. Of course, that impression could be wrong.