To Have and Have Not (film) and his girl (Bacall). Critics called the film a fast, witty romance with a plot as merely "an excuse for some good scenes." "Variety" cited the film's inferiority to "Casablanca" and other Warner Bros. melodramas, but acknowledged the film's success in its characterization. "Time" called the film a, "tinny romantic melodrama which millions of cinemaddicts have been waiting forever since "Casablanca". "New York Variety" was mixed about the film citing, "nifty productional accoutrements" with "too unsteady" of a story line. Other reviewers called it, "definitely swell entertainment", while others stated it was an delightful remake of "Casablanca". American film critic
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