Poster for the movie To Have and Have Not (1944).
To Have and Have Not (1944) is a thriller romance with a unique charm, similar in style to Casablanca/North African Spy Casablanca (1942), directed by Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (1896–1977) who blended romantic love with a tense adventure story, coupled with witty and humorous dialogue. The rivalry between the male and female protagonists also collides with a charming spark.
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014) debuted on screen with Humphrey Bopgart (1899-1957), who was halfway through the sky, and the two later became married. The story of "Charlatan" is set in the island of Martini in World War II when France was occupied by the German Nazis, Humphrey Bogart played a yacht owner who specialized in receiving tourists for sea fishing, who had a good life, and later met the mysterious and sexy pickpocket Lauren Bacall when he went to the hotel to collect the bills.
Stills from the movie To Have and Have Not (1944).
Humphrey Bogart learned that Lauren Bacour had been a member of a resistance that had escaped from the Nazis, and after a series of events, Humphrey Bogart decided to risk transporting Lauren Bacour and the French underground to the United States. The protagonist values friendship, has a bit of conscience, is brave but does not have the sense of mission of a traditional hero, he does not ask about politics, he works for himself and for money, and is an "anti-hero".
The original novel was the weaker of Ernest Hemingway's (1899–1961) works, written by another famous novelist, William Faulkner (1897–1962), but director Howard Hawkes made it quite funny and humorous, and combined romantic love with a tense atmosphere of adventure, with the dialogue of the whole film, and the rivalry of the male and female protagonists collided with a charming spark. Become a glamorous entertainment masterpiece.
In the film To Have and Have Not (1944), Lauren Bacall smiles like a fan
William Faulkner's achievements as a screenwriter are far more significant than his adaptations, and as the royal screenwriter of Howard Hawkes, the best rhythm-controlling director of Hollywood's golden age, the two have collaborated on numerous films— "The Man of the Night" (1944) and "The Big Sleep" (1946), both as literary adaptations and film noir, and William Faulkner and Howard Hawkes's secretary, Meta Carpenter, also had a relationship.
【The literary hero Hemingway's failed work transformed into a classic of the history of the film】
The original novel author of this film is the nobel prize winner, the great writer Ernest Hemingway, and the screenwriter is also the Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. Director Howard Hawkes himself has a fondness for Hemingway's literary works, but he feels that "Jianghu Hero" is really detrimental to the reputation of this great writer, it is a garbage work, he directly told Hemingway of his idea, Hemingway also felt that director Howard Hawkes would not be interested in "Jianghu Hero", Howard Hawkes took over the process of revising the script, in addition to retaining the original title, some of the character structure, most of the plot, lines were finally modified.
In the film To Have and Have Not (1944), Humphrey Bopgart (left) and Lauren Bacall of Lauren Bacall
Because the two protagonists in the film fell in love during the shooting, the screenwriter modified the script to add more love elements and the interaction between the protagonist, and after selecting the heroine Lauren Bacall, the screenwriter also fell for her charm, so a lot of passages highlighting the charm of Lauren Bacall were added to the plot setting, which further aroused the audience's interest. The film's set was also moved from Cuba to Martinique, which was also a helpless move made in the political situation of the United States and Cuba at that time.
Of course, sometimes the director's point of view is also useful for writers. When Howard Hawkes made a bet with Ernest Hemingway that he could turn his worst work, "The Man of the Tracy," from "a pile of garbage" into a great movie, he actually did it and made one of the greatest works of Hollywood's Golden Age.
So far, except for "The Man of the Lake" starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall (the original book is only Hemingway's second-rate work), no film adapted from Hemingway's classic original book can be called a classic in film history.
【Hollywood's Great Love】
Lauren Bacall was originally a promising model, and in the March 1943 issue of Harper Fashion Magazine, one of her cover photos caught the attention of director Howard Hawkes's wife, and the Hollywood director signed a film contract with 19-year-old Lauren Bacall. Howard Hawkes is the director of "The Man who is in the shadows," and "when she becomes arrogant and rude, that's when she's quite attractive." Howard Hawkes said.
A scene from the movie To Have and Have Not (1944).
The first film was "The Man of the Vengeance", and the opponent was henflaire Bogart, who was already famous at the time. Although Lauren Bacall was initially reluctant to work with the big star she thought was not good-looking at the time, Lauren Bacall soon fell into Humphrey Bogart's extraordinary charm. The actor, who is still considered the most charismatic actor in American history, already had his own marriage at the time. But the two still fell in love. Soon Humphrey Bogart came out of the gossip and he ended his third marriage, marrying Lauren Bacall in 1945. This marriage, which is not favored by the public, is actually very happy.
Promotional photo for the film To Have and Have Not (1944), Humphrey Bopgart (left) and Lauren Bacall of Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall gradually concentrated on running the household at home, supporting Humphrey Bogart in his career. With lauren Bacall's help, Humphrey Bogart even broke years of alcoholism. They lived happily for 12 years and had two children. After marriage, they collaborated on several films but none of them succeeded in "Charlatan". They were the epitome of happy marriages in Hollywood until Humphrey Bogart died of cancer. The departure of her lover brought great grief to Lauren Bacall, who left the film industry for a time.
American stills poster for the movie To Have and Have Not (1944).
"Bogart is a fool? Oh no, it seems to me that he has a graceful and gentle soul. Her co-starring with Humphrey Bogart in "The Long Night", "Dark Passage" (1947) and "Key Largo" (1948) were all impressive, but perhaps because her husband's light was too dazzling, so that Lauren Bacall, who was equally beautiful and acting, did not win half an Oscar nomination in the golden age of his career. However, Lauren Bacall's artistic life is very long.
Humphrey Bogart said: "Everyone will fall in love with her. "Their 11-year marriage was very happy." The frenzy and troubles of that time can be replaced by 'happiness'. In addition to these 77 days (the shooting time of "Jianghu Man") and the 12 years we lived together. The word 'happiness' has lost its original meaning to me. Lauren Bacall said after Humphrey Bogart's death.
Stills from the film To Have and Have Not (1944), Humphrey Bopgart (right) and Lauren Bacall of Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart served in the Navy during World War I and was demobilized to work as a handyman in the theater. From 1936 to 1940, he has performed in 28 films, most of which play the role of bandits and gangsters, and is known as a screen robber. After World War II, his most successful films were The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The African Queen (1951), and The Caine Mutiny (1954). "The Queen of Africa" won him the 24th Academy Award for Best Actor in 1951. Humphrey Bogart's lonely, low, cynical screen image represents the bewildered generation of Post-World War I America. After his death, his screen image was idolized by the youth of the 1960s, and for a time he formed Humphrey Bogaret.
The scenes in the film To Have and Have Not (1944) are similar in some ways to Casablanca/North African Spy Casablanca (1942).
Some people in the American film critics believe that his unique anti-hero screen image must be recorded in the annals of film history. The most classic plot of "The Man of Duty" is undoubtedly the following line that Lauren Bacall says to Humphrey Bogart: Steven, you know how to whistle, you just put your upper and lower lips together and blow it. Lauren Bacall's charming sensual charm is evident in this line, which is not from Hemingway's original book, nor is it an adaptation of the Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner, but comes from the improvisation of director Howard Hawkes.
This sentence also records the first throbbing of love in the real life of the two protagonists, and at the funeral of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall put a whistle in his lover's coffin, drawing a perfect end to this romantic love. Among the 25 sexiest pairs of screenmates in film history in 2008, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in "The Man of the Lake" came in second.
"The Man of the Charlatan" can be said to be a charming movie, and the most fascinating should be Lauren Bacall in the movie. It is hard to imagine that this is her first time acting in a movie, at the age of 19, but can play her role so sophisticatedly, a young beautiful and brave woman. It's strange that this movie is no more famous than North African Spy, with similar themes and stories, similar characters and elements, but this movie surpasses the latter in all respects. The story is richer in layers and more interesting in the characters, and Lauren Bacall's eerie sensuality is something in which Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) does not have.
【The production process is interesting, the director is jealous of Bogart】
Howard Hawkes, an American film director, is a versatile filmmaker in almost all genres. In his active years (1930-1960), he was a neglected director, and he was generally considered to be just an ordinary studio director with a certain reputation, and did not have particularly high value, but with the discovery and admiration of young film critics led by the French Film Handbook, Howard Hawkes's status gradually increased, and he is now recognized as one of the most important directors of Hollywood's golden age.
At the beginning of filming of the film To Have and Have Not (1944), Lauren Bacall (right) practiced her lines in front of director Howard Hawks Howard Hawks; Howard Hawks said that we found Lauren Bacall to be a little girl who became arrogant and quite attractive when she became arrogant. That's the only way you can notice her, because she can do it with a smile. So I said to Humphrey Bogart, "We're going to try something interesting. You're the most arrogant man on screen, and I'm going to make this girl a little more arrogant than you. ”
Director Howard Hawkes was born in Indiana, studied mechanical engineering in his early years and moved to the film industry in the early 1920s, from directing his first film in 1926, he was active in the American film industry for more than 40 years, he was both a well-known director and an accomplished screenwriter and producer, Howard Hawkes directed various types of films throughout his directorial career. Howard Hawkes's films are best known for their themes of male friendship and male struggle, and his film style is concise and tight. At the same time, the female characters in Howard Hawke's films are equally charismatic, and many famous Actresses in Hollywood have become popular big stars through Howard Hawkes' films.
Director Howard Hawkes once asked Lauren Bacall whether she would like to work with Gary Grant Cary Grant (1904-1986) or with Humphrey Bogart, who chose Gary Grant, who she found More attractive. But the director ended up choosing Humphrey Bogart, making it one of the greatest love stories in Hollywood history. Director Howard Hawkes felt that Humphrey Bogart was not in love with Lauren Bacall, but with her role maria in the film, and in order to maintain this love, Lauren Bacall could only play Maria for the rest of her life.
One day in March 1944, on the set of "The Man who Was a Man," Humphrey Bogart walked into Lauren Bacall's powder room and took the 20-year-old girl in her arms. Howard Hawkes was jealous and warned, "If you follow Humphrey Bogart, you won't be a Hollywood star for the rest of your life." He also poked the paparazzi because he couldn't stand Humphrey Bogart calling the girl of his choice "honey."
However, Howard Hawkes is a good artist, despite the bankruptcy of his own private plan, he still made this masterpiece, and transplanted the emotional performance of the two into the film very well, and, under the torture of jealousy, he also made the next masterpiece", "Night Long Dream", and liked Eddie the alcoholic in "The Gangster", his performance is wonderful, this role makes the film more complete and more interesting. Several jazz pianos in the film were also sung by Lauren Bacall himself in his own deep voice.
Lauren Bacall was first mentioned in the Los Angeles Times in 1944. Heda Hopper (1885-1966), best known for writing Hollywood gossip columns, wrote that "Howard Hawkes had a great admiration for Lauren Bacall. Heda Hopper went on to write, "What a lucky girl, she played against Humphrey Bogart when she first appeared on stage!" ”
Doroth Moran's footage in the film To Have and Have Not (1944) is not very much, mainly because Lauren Bacall occupies too many scenes and can only cut the scenes of other supporting actresses
【The golden supporting characters are not simple】
Dorothy Moran (1924-1982) was originally the heroine of the film, and Humphrey Bogart was also in love with her, but Lauren Bacall's excellent performance made her the absolute number one in the film. Director Howard Hawkes is also said to be a very affectionate person, and he has an ambiguous relationship with actress Doroth Moran in the crew, and he is also very jealous of Humphrey Bogart, because the charismatic Lauren Bacall did not choose to be with him. Lauren Bacall's character in the film is very similar to the personality of Howard Hawkes's wife, Maria at the time, they have the same name, they like to wear gorgeous costumes, they have charming long blonde hair, a hoarse voice, and a mysterious temperament.
Walter Brennan has won the Oscar for Supporting Actor three times, and no one has broken his record to date
Walter Brennan (1894-1974), although not the male lead of the film, is one of the most famous gold medal supporting roles in the history of cinema, and has won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor three times, and film critics have always considered Walter Brennan to be one of the most important actors in the history of cinema, and he has portrayed a variety of characters.
In the early Oscars, the extra's representative also had the right to vote, and Walter Brennan was very popular among extras, so as long as he was nominated, the extra's vote would not hesitate to vote for him. Unlike most actors, Walter Brennan has basically never encountered a career downturn, and after the popularity of television, Walter Brennan's TV role is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and people of all ages like him very much.
Walter Brennan has played roles in more than 230 films and has been an artist for nearly 50 years. He is an accomplished artist. In today's movies, many actors often use an ornament or an action to distinguish their characters from others. In fact, this attempt has already appeared in early Hollywood films, and in "The Man of the Dead", Hoggy Caragy Carmichael (1899-1981) keeps a matchstick in his mouth, and Humphrey Bogart tells Hoggy Kamalke that the matchstick will make the audience remember the role.
To Have and Have Not (1944) is an American DVD cover