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
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