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To Have and Have Not

Started by Guest_Harrytheheid_* , Dec 11 2016 07:05 AM

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Post #1 Guest_Harrytheheid_*

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Posted 11 December 2016 - 07:05 AM

https://www.amazon.c...nd have not dvd

While the similarities to MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME are undeniable, this one always makes it into my top ten Bogart movies -- for a very good, albeit, "Slim" reason.

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SYNOPSIS: Help the Free French? Not world-weary Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart). But he changes his mind when a sultry siren named Marie asks, "Anybody got a match?" That red-hot match is Bogart and 19 year-old Lauren Bacall in her acting debut. Full of intrigue and racy banter (certain whistling instructions) this thriller excites further interest for what it has and has not. Cannily directed by Howard Hawks and smartly written by William Faulkner and Jules Furthman, it doesn't have much similarity to Ernest Hemingway's novel. And it strongly resembles 'Casablanca'; French resistance fighters, a bluesy piano man (Hoagy Carmichael) and a Martinique bar like Rick's Cafe Americaine. But foremost, it has Bogart and Bacall, carrying on with a passion that smoulders from the tips of their cigarettes clear through to their souls.

Post #2 Guest_Jazzeum_*

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Posted 11 December 2016 - 02:33 PM

Any pairing of Bogart and Bacall is worth watching.

Post #3 Guest_Harrytheheid_*

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Posted 11 December 2016 - 02:36 PM

Any pairing of Bogart and Bacall is worth watching.

That....is a given....

Post #4 Guest_Spitfrnd_*

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Posted 11 December 2016 - 05:41 PM

Another great choice, Boggie and Lauren were dynamite together.

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Posted 12 December 2016 - 04:42 PM

One I have not seen but will have to track down

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Post #6 Guest_Jazzeum_*

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Posted 12 December 2016 - 05:10 PM

You know how to whistle, don't you Harry?

Post #7 Guest_Spitfrnd_*

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Posted 12 December 2016 - 05:18 PM

Steve: What did you do that for?

Slim: I've been wondering if I'd like it.

Steve: What's the decision?

Slim: I don't know yet.

[They kiss again]

Slim: It's even better when you help.

Post #8 Guest_Jazzeum_*

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Posted 12 December 2016 - 08:10 PM

That's definitely a great line: it's better when you help.

Post #9 Guest_Harrytheheid_*

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Posted 13 December 2016 - 10:49 AM

That's definitely a great line: it's better when you help.

Watching this movie can give you the vapors. Ye gods, has anyone's big screen debut ever been as sizzling as that of the 19-year-old Lauren Bacall's? Even 60 years later, Bacall's sensual presence absolutely smolders on the screen. While this is not the most gripping Bogart performance one is likely to think of, he is nonetheless fascinating to watch in this film. As the film progresses, it's unmistakable that he is absolutely HOOKED by his co-star.

This movie is not on a dramatic par with "Casablanca" or "The Maltese Falcon," and the subsequent Bogart-Bacall "Key Largo" has far more suspense & tension within it. However, none of these films can equal "To Have and Have Not" for on-screen chemistry, and there is indeed something to be said for that. In fact, I would be hard-pressed to come up with a film that surpasses "To Have and Have Not" in terms of chemistry, and that should be enough for anyone to consider this a classic.

Post #10 Guest_Jazzeum_*

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Posted 13 December 2016 - 02:18 PM

My Mother went to school with Bacall although according to my Mother she was then known as Betty Bacall. They both went to Julia Richman HS in Manhattan, NY.

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