CLASSIC REVIEW: To Have and Have Not
CLASSIC FILM REVIEW
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Certificate: PG
Director: Howard Hawks
“You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow.” SLIM
Eighteen-year old Lauren Bacall hit the ground running with her sizzling debut role as Slim in this compelling wartime drama. The star, Humphrey Bogart, fell head over heels in love with Bacall on the set of To Have and Have Not and no wonder; she stole every scene she was in with her performance. Bogart and Bacall soon married and remained happy together until his untimely death in 1957. To Have and Have Not was the first of four films in which the couple starred together. Only The Big Sleep managed to rekindle the same smouldering atmosphere.
Captain Harry 'Steve' Morgan (Bogart) runs a small boat for hire out of Vichy controlled Martinique during the Second World War. The war is bad for business in the small Caribbean island. After one customer refuses to pay, Morgan and his amiable alcoholic sidekick Eddie (Walter Houston) are forced to take on a job transporting a wounded resistance fighter to the island. This wanted man is on the run from the Nazis. Running through all this high drama is Morgan's tempestuous relationship with Slim; an attractive American nightclub singer and Resistance sympathiser.
This was Bacall's first film role. It became one of Bogart's most celebrated movies largely because of his on and offscreen relationship with his future wife. It's one to watch again and again. Look out for Hoagy Carmichael as the pianist in the club where Slim sings and Morgan hangs out. This magnificent Howard Hawk classic is regularly repeated on the TCM channel and is available as a Warner Brothers DVD with some terrific extras.
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Certificate: PG
Director: Howard Hawks
“You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow.” SLIM
Eighteen-year old Lauren Bacall hit the ground running with her sizzling debut role as Slim in this compelling wartime drama. The star, Humphrey Bogart, fell head over heels in love with Bacall on the set of To Have and Have Not and no wonder; she stole every scene she was in with her performance. Bogart and Bacall soon married and remained happy together until his untimely death in 1957. To Have and Have Not was the first of four films in which the couple starred together. Only The Big Sleep managed to rekindle the same smouldering atmosphere.
Captain Harry 'Steve' Morgan (Bogart) runs a small boat for hire out of Vichy controlled Martinique during the Second World War. The war is bad for business in the small Caribbean island. After one customer refuses to pay, Morgan and his amiable alcoholic sidekick Eddie (Walter Houston) are forced to take on a job transporting a wounded resistance fighter to the island. This wanted man is on the run from the Nazis. Running through all this high drama is Morgan's tempestuous relationship with Slim; an attractive American nightclub singer and Resistance sympathiser.
This was Bacall's first film role. It became one of Bogart's most celebrated movies largely because of his on and offscreen relationship with his future wife. It's one to watch again and again. Look out for Hoagy Carmichael as the pianist in the club where Slim sings and Morgan hangs out. This magnificent Howard Hawk classic is regularly repeated on the TCM channel and is available as a Warner Brothers DVD with some terrific extras.
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