To Have and Have Not (film) earlier 1939 Hawks film "Only Angels Have Wings" in which Jean Arthur says to Cary Grant, "I'm hard to get, Geoff. All you have to do is ask me." Warner Bros. released "To Have and Have Not" in October 11, 1944. Aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports 97% approval of "To Have or Have Not", with the critical consensus stated as, "With Howard Hawks directing and Bogey and Bacall in front of the cameras, "To Have and Have Not" benefits from several levels of fine-tuned chemistry -- all of which ignite on screen." The critical reception of "To Have and Have Not"
To Have and Have Not The narrative is told from multiple viewpoints, at different times, by different characters, and the characters' names are frequently supplied under the chapter headings to indicate who is narrating that chapter. "To Have and Have Not" began as a short story—published as "One Trip Across" in "Cosmopolitan" in 1934—introducing the character Harry Morgan. A second story was written and published in "Esquire" in 1936, at which point, Hemingway decided to write a novel about Harry Morgan. Unfortunately, the writing of the novel coincided with the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. "To Have and Have Not" was published by Scribner's