Legend persists that 17-year old Andy Williams dubbed 19-year old Lauren Bacall's singing voice in
TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT.
Ain’t so. But what's true is that the legendary public and private
relationship of Bacall and Bogie began during filming, and their
onscreen chemistry is impossible not to see. Bogart is an American ex-pat living in
the Vichy-controlled French colony of Martinique in 1940, trying to eke
out a living as a fishing boat captain and mind his own business while
the war rages outside the movie frame. But thanks to a snappy screenplay
by William Faulkner and Jules Forthman, he falls into both love and
trouble. Directed by Howard Hawks, this is a sexy, old-fashioned wartime
picture with some great dialogue and a ton of style. (Trivia note: This
is the one in which Bacall as “Slim” trims Bogie down to size with the
classic come-hither line, "You know how to whistle, don’t you? You just
put your lips together and blow.")
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