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 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