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
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