ANALYSIS OF CASABLANCA
Many feel that Casablanca is Bogart's best film. I disagree - but for those who don't To Have and Have Not is a must-see film. It's Casablanca with a different setting, this time we find Bogart playing Harry Morgan, crewing a ship out for hire. His lovely lady is Lauren Bacall in her motion picture debut playing the dark and mysterious Slim. Teamed up with Harry's alcoholic side-kick Eddie, Cricket the night-club manager by night, resistance sympathizer by day, and a cast of supporters, Bogart and Bacall's adventures are as great on screen as The film is based off Ernest Hemmingway's novel of the same name. Interestingly enough the film was made as part of a challenge between Hemmingway and the film's director, Howard Hawks. Hawks claimed that he could take Hemmingway's worst novel and turn it into a good film. The result was a success - though the film is a far cry from the novel - so far the film's title doesn't even make sense. To Have and Have Not has every necessary ingredient for success: sex, violence, suspense, and the occasional musical interlude. Hawks gives us a little of everything in his hacked-up version of Hemmingway, and when the spar
. The film is set in Martinique during World War II. Wartime makes Bogart. Sure, they are both forces to be reckoned with, but not even Have or Have Not. Her style is borderline raunchy, but it is her show holds tradition. Bacall offers us classic comedy as the jealous yet it. The film may lack class but it's all the more entertaining because production and were married. This off-screen chemistry is a definite scripted. You're right too - Bogart and Bacall fell in love during a good film - and that doesn't mean knowing how to make a film artistic
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