This is a Warner Bros. release from 1944. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael and Walter Brennan, along with a few familiar faces that played bad guys in the 40's. It's based on an Ernest Hemingway short story of the same name and was directed by Howard Hawks. Bogey plays Harry Morgan ( though Bacall calls him Steve, and they later named their first child Steve) and captains a deepfishing charter boat in Martinique. Due to money problems he finds himself involved in helping a few insurgents who despise the French Vichy. An interesting story and some good acting as usual for Bogey, but what really sets this film apart from others is the fact that Bogey and Bacall fell in love during the making of this film and the screen just sizzles.
I waited a long time for this baby to come to dvd. I only had a dropout laden vhs copy and was glad to trash it once I placed the new dvd in my rack. But I have to say that I am not overly fond of the black and white picture quality. Though it has a good grayscale and at times the picture is nice and contrasty, too many times, especially during poorly lighted scenes, the picture seemed to go from dark to light; sort of a flashing like you'd see with Macrovision protection. But this was only visible occasionally. Still, in comparison to HIGH SIERRA, also a B&W film, To Have And Have Not could have used a little help from whomever did the transfer.
An interesting note I picked up from the Featurette on Bogey and Bacall, apparently Howard Hawks was jealous that Bacall latched on to Bogey, or vice versa. Seems Hawks wanted Bacall for himself.
For Bogey fans, this dvd is a must for your collection.
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I waited a long time for this baby to come to dvd. I only had a dropout laden vhs copy and was glad to trash it once I placed the new dvd in my rack. But I have to say that I am not overly fond of the black and white picture quality. Though it has a good grayscale and at times the picture is nice and contrasty, too many times, especially during poorly lighted scenes, the picture seemed to go from dark to light; sort of a flashing like you'd see with Macrovision protection. But this was only visible occasionally. Still, in comparison to HIGH SIERRA, also a B&W film, To Have And Have Not could have used a little help from whomever did the transfer.
An interesting note I picked up from the Featurette on Bogey and Bacall, apparently Howard Hawks was jealous that Bacall latched on to Bogey, or vice versa. Seems Hawks wanted Bacall for himself.
For Bogey fans, this dvd is a must for your collection.
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