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
Joan Freeman (actress) from the 1950s through the 1980s including "National Velvet", "Family Affair", "Gunsmoke", and "Bonanza". She made a guest appearance on "Perry Mason" in 1962 as defendant Jennifer Wakely in "The Case of the Fickle Filly". In 1966, Freeman guest starred on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." in "The Bat Cave Affair". She appeared four times on the NBC western series "The Virginian". Her last motion picture performance came as "Mrs. Jarvis" in the 1984 horror film, "". In 1994, Freeman appeared as an actress for the last time in an episode of the TV series "Renegade". Joan Freeman (actress) Joan Freeman