To Have and Have Not on 15 October 1937 to a first edition print-run of approximately 10,000 copies. Cosmopolitan Magazine published a section of the novel as "One Trip Across" in 1934; Esquire Magazine published a section as "The Tradesman's Return" in 1936. The novel was adapted into a 1944 film, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. The film, directed by Howard Hawks, changed the story's setting from Key West to Martinique under the Vichy regime, and made significant alterations to the plot, including getting rid of Hemingway's Marxist overtones, and turning the story into a romantic thriller centering on the sparks going on between
Betty Jaynes (actress) April 1, 1937. She appeared as Molly Moran in "Babes in Arms" in 1939, then in a series of minor parts in seven MGM movies through 1944 including "Meet the People", starring Lucille Ball. Her last major acting role was in 1952, in an "I Love Lucy" episode, "The Operetta". Jaynes married actor and budding baritone Douglas McPhail in June 1938. They had a daughter, and were divorced in 1941; McPhail committed suicide in 1944. She married a second time in 1943, to Bill Roberts, who had been a singer for Tommy Dorsey. Betty Jaynes (actress) Betty Jaynes (born Betty