To Have and Have Not
1944 Directed by Howard Hawks
Synopsis
Humphrey Bogart...with his kind of woman in a powerful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's most daring man-woman story!
The movie that brought together Bogie and Bacall. "Anybody got a match?"
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Humphrey Bogart holed up in a bar with a charismatic piano player in an exotic location surrounded by French people on the run from Nazi-backed enforcers? What an unprecedented concept for a film!
Still, despite similarities to that other Bogart film, this film has the street-cred of Hemingway as source material, Howard Hawks as director, a screenplay co-written by William Faulkner(!), and the defiantly confident sex appeal of Lauren Bacall, who's not afraid to go toe-to-toe with the cool, calm Bogart. There's even a guy who looks like/has the typical Peter Lorre role!
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Film #80 of The December Project
Being head over heels in love looks really good on Humphrey Bogart, because he's never seemed more alive in any other role I've seen him in. This film is sold mostly on the chemistry between Bogart and Lauren Bacall, since their real life romance blossomed during the making of the film. However, I think the film has a lot of other merits, the least of which is adapting the book to make it much more interesting for the screen. There are some very memorable and iconic lines that aren't just great because they stand well on their own, but they serve to develop these two characters extremely well.
The main problem with this film…
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It bares similarities to the superior Casablanca, but the pairing of Bogart and Bacall was one of the best ideas any studio ever came up with and they make the film. It is their chemistry, their spitfire dialogue, their humor that makes the film. While Casablanca is romantic, To Have and Have Not is sexy and every single shot from Hawks asserts this feeling as the 19 year old Bacall commands every single scene she's in.
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Certainly not on par with my favourite Bogart-Bacall pairing, Key Largo (although I've yet to see Dark Passage) and definitely one of the worst Hawks films I've yet seen. But obviously worst for Hawks is best for most and I'd still give this very fine film a high grade.
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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are an utter joy to watch. The chemistry is gorgeous.
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How does this 19-year-old Lauren Bacall deliver her lines with such an air of life experience and assurance? It's called on-screen chemistry. Something definitely clicked with this duo on the set that resulted in a perfect combo of acting without even trying, a dynamite script and Howard Hawks' seamless camera. This is something to be treasured because Hollywood for damn sure cannot figure out this simple formula in the 21rst century. There's just no bullshit filler in the screenplays of these classics. No ancillary characters. So refreshing.
The first hour doesn't drag, but it certainly sits in this French town for a while, seemingly going nowhere plot-wise, but before you know it, the plot kicks into high gear and you've…
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Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) doesn't want trouble; he fishes, keeps an eye out for his drunken friend Eddie, and collects a paycheck at the end of the day. He refuses to get caught up in the local resistance movement against the Nazi-allied government. Then Marie Browning (Lauren Bacall) walks into his life, in search of a match and money for a ticket out, in that order. Morgan agrees to take a job ferrying a resistance member on his boat-- purely for the money-- but doesn't anticipate the complications that ensure, or the fact that he doesn't really want Marie to get on that plane.
Okay, let's get this out of the way: the entire plot is a huge Casablanca ripoff…
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The pleasure and comfort of a well-made pair of shoes.
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This 1944 film from director Howard Hawks is above all else best known for its pairing of star Humphrey Bogart and newcomer Lauren Bacall (who was 19 at the time of filming), and what was going on between them off the screen. The two began a romance during production, which eventually led to Bogart divorcing his wife to marry Bacall. Not that that has much relevance to the actual content of the film itself; I really only mention it because it's almost the only thing worth mentioning in relation to To Have And Have Not. The action is loosely based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway, but to be honest the film bears more resemblance to Casablanca than anything else.…
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Classic. That Bacall-Bogart chemistry steaming from them meeting and falling in love on the set of this movie just magnifies the characters attraction to each other. With one of my favourite scene/quote form this movie with Lauren Bacall about whistling. I think even more so when I found out that when Bogart died she put a whistle in his coffin just adds to what that is is. The story of a man who takes a job to help people escape but also him falling in love with "Slim". Also one of my favourite movie nicknames which is a weird thing to say but it truly is. Its one of those times where I can't say enough good things about this…
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I could watch this a million times and I'd never get tired of seeing Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall play catch with a packet of cigarettes.
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"You know what you're getting into. It's gonna be rough."
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One of the hottest scenes ever. Amazing to watch two people fall in love for real on the screen.
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Bogart and Bacall have sex throughout the whole film, simply by looking at each other.
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Bogart and Bacall ... Wow!