In To Have and Have Not, Lauren Bacall made her film debut as Marie “Slim” Browning, a sharp-witted and magnetic drifter who becomes romantically entangled with Humphrey Bogart’s cynical fishing boat captain in wartime Martinique. Bacall’s performance defined the film’s seductive tension and introduced the cool, effortless glamour that became both her signature and the guiding persona behind the Slim’s brand identity.
