To Have and Have Not (film) in 1945 was mixed yet often unflattering. Firstly, early publicity and much of the initial reaction to the film centered around Lauren Bacall, either praising her or criticizing her part in the film as merely as a gimmick for attention from the press. Other critics found the film to be betraying Hemingway's novel due to only the first fifteen minutes of the film bearing resemblance to the novel. Finally, Americans were preoccupied with World War II and had little interest in a hero (Bogart) whom consistently rejected commitment and whose only interest in France's cause was financial, to help himself
Joan Evans (actress) The Weatherlys had a daughter on August 16, 1955. In 1984, Joan Evans and her husband signed a tribute to Crawford in "Daily Variety". Joan Evans (actress) Joan Evans (born Joan Eunson, July 18, 1934) is an American film actress. Evans's parents were Hollywood writers Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. Her father wrote the book "The Day They Gave Babies Away," which was made into the movie "All Mine to Give" (1957). She was named after actress Joan Crawford, her godmother. Evans appeared in three movies with actor Farley Granger. Her first film with him was as the title role