To Have and Have Not (film) James Agee liked the film but felt "Going My Way" was better, because "To Have and Have Not" focused too much on "character and atmosphere" rather than on plot. Agee was far more interested in Bacall's performance than the anti-Fascist themes in the film. The film was one of the top thirty grossing pictures of 1944. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $3,652,000 domestically and $1,605,000 foreign, coming close to the high earnings of "Casablanca". "To Have and Have Not" received an award from the National Board of Review. Screenwriter and film critic Paul Schrader classified the film
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