To Have and Have Not, starring Humphrey Bogart
and Lauren Bacall, directed by Howard Hawks. (1945.) Written by Jules Furthman
and William Faulkner, from a short story by Ernest Hemingway.
A film most notable for being the first screen appearance
of Bogart and Bacall as a duo, this pick from the Library’s classic collection
features great dialog and undeniable sparks from the stars. Bogart plays essentially the same character
he played in Casablanca—the
expatriate American who doesn’t want to get involved in the World War but finds
himself drawn into a fight between the Free French of Caribbean Martinique and
the Nazi collaborators of Vichy France who run the island. Unlike Casablanca,
this time Bogart gets the girl. Spare in
settings, the action and characters carry what is arguably one of the
Bogart/Bacall team’s best movies.If you haven’t seen it for awhile, or if you’ve never sen it, add it to you watch list.
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