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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 123movies

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 123movies

Fate drew them together… and only murder could part them!Aug. 19, 1946115 Min.
         
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Watch: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 123movies, Full Movie Online – Childhood friends Martha, Walter, and Sam share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But Sam’s unexpected return after years of absence deeply disturbs the formidable couple..
Plot: Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
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Barbara Stanwyck aways could draw people into her characterisations and end up engendering support and sympathy – however deserving her character was. She excels again here as “Martha Ivers”; a wealthy women trapped in a pretty loveless marriage with débutant Kirk Douglas – a rather pathetic man who has a career built on the coat tails of his powerful wife. When their childhood friend “Sam” (Van Heflin) reappears in their lives they are all reminded of the incident from their childhood that explained just how she came into all of of her money – and arrived at her choice of husband – in the first place. Lizabeth Scott appears now and again as Heflin’s rather pathetic ex-con girlfriend who quickly realises that there is still a flame burning elsewhere and there’s little room for her in this rapidly toxifying mix. The slow pace of the film detracts somewhat from a really cute, complex story and the music also drags it along in the melodramatic mud a bit, too: but the scenes with Douglas and Stanwyck present a wonderful cocktail of resentment, love and hate. The last 15 minutes focus it all well and keep us hanging on, not quite certain of what’s going to happen next…
Review By: CinemaSerf

It’s what the law says isn’t it Walter?

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is directed by Lewis Milestone and stars Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott and Kirk Douglas (in his film debut). Robert Rossen and Robert Riskin adapt from the short story “Love Lies Bleeding” by playwright John Patrick (using the pseudonym Jack Patrick). It’s produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film is scored by Miklos Rozsa, photographed by Victor Milner, the art design is by Hans Dreier and the costumes come courtesy of multi Oscar winner Edith Head.

Quite a cast, and quite a line up in the back room too, the credits also feature Robert Aldrich & Blake Edwards, taking to four the number of future directors involved in the film. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a dark, often perverse melodramatic film noir picture. Heavily reliant on dialogue and unappealing characters, the film revels in the cruel streak that pulses right through the running time.

Stanwyck (on wickedly chilling form) plays Martha Ivers, the center piece of an explosive trio that also comprises the two men who possibly spied her clubbing her wealthy aunt to death when they were children. After watching another man hang for the murder, Martha inherited the family fortune and has grown into a tycoon type and now holds control over Iverstown. Married to one of the witnesses (Douglas playing weak willed Walter O’Neil), she finds her world knocked out of line when Sam (Heflin superb), the other potential child witness, resurfaces. Now the guilt ridden waters have been stirred…

It’s a gripping pot boiler that is tightly directed by Milestone, all the more better for the director choosing to craft the noir elements around the smouldering romantic plot lines. The setting is also classic noir, Iverstown is an on the surface all American peaceful town in nowhereville, but bubbling under the smiley surface is dark political deeds and even darker secrets. Rozsa scores it perfectly, at times jaunty to give the sense of all is well in this Americana, then quick tonal shifts grab the ears as the shadows form around the dislikable characters. Supporting actress Lizabeth Scott is appealing in one of her better roles, while Judith Anderson makes a massive impact in her short stint as the wicked Aunt.

Perhaps a touch too long at just under two hours? This none the less is a highly recommended picture for both the story and the technical nous provided by those that made it. 8/10

Review By: John Chard
A terrific “Noir-like” film for Van Helfin
While this isn’t technically an example of Film Noir (since it isn’t a cop or gangster film), it has many, many aspects of Noir and this makes this film much better than the average “soaper” of the day. The film abounds with great Noir sensibilities, such as the camera work, snappy dialog and occasional gripping violence.

The film begins in the 1920s, when the leads are all kids. Martha Ivers is desperately unhappy in her home with her guardian (her aunt). So, with the help of local “bad boy”, Sam Masterson, she makes her escape but is soon caught. Against her will she is brought back and its obvious in watching the dynamics between them why Martha ran away–the aunt is very cold and incredibly controlling. Shortly after this, the horrid aunt finds a cat smuggled into the home by Martha and starts beating it to death with her cane!!! Martha, naturally, comes to the cat’s rescue and the aunt is accidentally killed in the process. The only witness to this is the weasel-like kid, Walter O’Neil–who keeps her secret for a price! The film then begins again many years later. Martha and Walter (played by Barbara Stanwyck and Kirk Douglas in his first film) have been married for some time and with her millions and strong support, Walter is in line to be the next governor. Rather coincidentally, Sam (Van Heflin) returns to town. He just wants to get his car fixed and continue on his way. However, Martha and Walter THINK Sam knows about the accidental death and are afraid he might talk–especially since there is much more evil the pair have done to cover up for the original event. Sam only comes to their attention after he meets a nice “bad girl” played by Lizbeth Scott. She’s in trouble with the law and Sam thinks his part relationship with Walter can straighten all this out, since Walter is currently the District Attorney. Unfortunately, he was totally unprepared for Walter’s reaction, as Walter thinks Sam is out to blackmail him! There’s certainly a lot more to the plot than this, but telling more would ruin the suspense. However, the plot is truly delicious with so much double-dealing and unexpected evil to spice things up. Stanwyck plays much the same type person she so wonderfully played in DOUBLE INDEMNITY–a cold woman without a soul. Douglas, unexpectedly, plays a guy who is a bit of a wimp and weasel–not exactly what you’d expect based on his later films, but his screen persona was certainly not yet established. Lizbeth Scott, as usual, plays a great “dame”. However, the actor who came off best in the film was Van Heflin–in probably his best film. Had the film been made just a few years later, it is likely Douglas might have played the part because it called for a tough and worldly but ultimately decent hero–exactly the sort of guy you would expect Douglas to be. Unfortunately, Heflin’s great performance was not to materialize in a major improvement in the types of film roles he would receive and he continued to be a sort of second-tier leading man or supporting actor. It’s a real shame, as he was the perfect Noir hero. His lines were suburb but the action scenes (particularly when he slammed Douglas’ hand in the desk drawer) were classic.

The bottom line is that this is a terrific film from MGM. Full of twists and turns as well as terrific characters, it’s a shame they don’t make ’em like the used to.

Review By: planktonrules

Other Information:

Original Title The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Release Date 1946-08-19
Release Year 1946

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 56 min (116 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 3250000
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Director Lewis Milestone
Writer Robert Rossen, John Patrick, Robert Riskin
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

Original title The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
TMDb Rating 7.132 129 votes

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