University of Virginia Library

FRIDAY

To Have and Have Not
(Wilson Hall; 5:30,8 and 10:30
p.m.; 75 cents or series ticket)
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren
Bacall, Walter Brennan. From
Hemingway, 1944. One of the
best Howard   Hawks
adventure films because, like
all his films, it is centered
around closely observed and
warmly developed characters.
Bacall can't be much more
than 17, but her performance
has innuendos and suggestions
that I'm sure my Aunt May
wouldn't approve. Brennan,
who I think is perhaps the
greatest and neglected actor of
this period (except John
Carradine?), rambles around
telling jokes about dead bees
and trying to figure out why
Bacall calls Bogart Steve. Of
course, there is a plot
too–about Nazi agents trying
to steal Cuba or
something–but you'll hardly
even notice. Too much else is
going on that's much more fun.