A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'
2003 · 11 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 65 VOTES
Overview
In the '40s Howard Hawks boasts that he can make a movie out of the worst thing Hemingway ever has written. When Hemingway asks, which novel he means, Hawks says To Have and Have Not. Jules Furthman writes a script, which follows the book closely. The location of the story is Cuba, but the US Government is against depicting corruption and violence on Cuba, and threatens to withdraw the film's export license. William Faulkner rewrites the script, and relocates the story to Martinique. Hawks's wife, Nancy Slim Gross, happens to see a young model at the cover of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and shows it to her husband. Hawks is a star-maker, who likes to discover and nurture new talents. After a screen test, he chooses the 19-year-old model as the lead actress opposite Humphrey Bogart. She changes her name from Betty Perske to Lauren Bacall. At the first takes she is so nervous that she shakes.
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00:00:12 that had for so long eluded him.
00:00:36 that Bogart had taken 10 years earlier.
00:01:08 became accustomed to the fact...
00:01:42 The Gray Fox replied:
00:02:03 The Roosevelt administration didn't like the idea of bringing it to screen.
00:02:31 William Faulkner.
00:02:54 That do you?
00:03:21 and she rarely saw her father.
00:03:49 He liked discovering and nurturing young talent.
00:04:15 but there was no thunderclap, as she later recalled.
00:04:50 the studio may have had...
00:05:17 Without a finished script, shooting began with Bacall asking:
00:05:45 and came to dominate the picture.
00:06:07 of Bogey and Bacall began.
00:06:31 And it was very difficult, particularly for Bogart...
00:07:02 It's clear after two or three weeks that something's happened.
00:07:23 upset that Bacall had not fallen for him.
00:07:51 and tell Mayo that Bogart was out with the cast, to try and keep her away.
00:08:18 It must have been a very heady thing for her to have all that come at her...
00:08:44 and I don't think it's unfair to say that it shows.
00:09:15 but she was sinking deeper and deeper into alcoholism.
00:09:39 and they were great together. They had a great look together.
00:10:13 Always known as a pro, Bogart began showing up ill-prepared.
01:09:04 had at last achieved the stardom...