Let's compare husky-voiced actresses Lauren Bacall and Scarlett Johansson.

Bacall became an instant movie star with her first film, ``To Have and Have Not,'' a role she landed opposite future husband Humphrey Bogart when she was 19.

Just turned 19 herself, Johansson's a veteran by comparison, with more than a dozen films behind her, among them this fall's art-house hit ``Lost in Translation'' and the new 17th century drama ``Girl With a Pearl Earring.''

Bacall burst full-blown on Hollywood as a sexy dame whose deep, rich voice enhanced her sultriness.

Johansson has grown up on screen, from child roles in ``Manny & Lo'' and Robert Redford's ``The Horse Whisperer'' to wise-beyond-her-years teen characters in ``Ghost World'' and the Coen brothers' ``The Man Who Wasn't There.'' From her early days as a kid on commercial auditions, Johansson's throaty voice led casting directors to ask, ``What's the matter, honey? Sore throat?''

``It was just a nightmare,'' Johansson told The Associated Press in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, where
``Lost in Translation'' and ``Girl With a Pearl Earring'' played.