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
To Have and Have Not The narrative is told from multiple viewpoints, at different times, by different characters, and the characters' names are frequently supplied under the chapter headings to indicate who is narrating that chapter. "To Have and Have Not" began as a short story—published as "One Trip Across" in "Cosmopolitan" in 1934—introducing the character Harry Morgan. A second story was written and published in "Esquire" in 1936, at which point, Hemingway decided to write a novel about Harry Morgan. Unfortunately, the writing of the novel coincided with the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. "To Have and Have Not" was published by Scribner's