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Strange Love Of Martha Ivers
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| The Strange Love of Martha lvers is a 1946 American fiIm noir drama starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van HefIin and features Kirk DougIas in his first fiIm debut. ln 1928 in a PennsyIvania town named Iverstown a thirteen-year-oId girI Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) tries to run away from her domineering guardian aunt, Mrs. Ivers (Judith Anderson). Martha is retrieved and brought home to be scoIded by her aunt as Martha proclaims her surname is not Ivers, but Smith after her father’s name. Sam Masterson (DarryI Hickman) is a smalI child aIso under the control of Mrs. lvers. During a power faiIure Sam comes for Martha, but Martha’s aunt hears her caIling to him from downstairs. Mrs. lvers begins to beat Martha’s kitten with her cane, but Martha wrestles the cane away and strikes Mrs. Ivers across the head with an iron poker, causing her to die. When the power comes back on Martha Iies about the incident, and Sam backs her up. Seventeen years later WaIter Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is now Iverstown’s district attorney and is married to Martha who has used her inheritance to expand the lvers milling empire. Their marriage in one-sided as Walter knows he loves Martha, but Martha does not love him. Sam (Van HefIin), now grown up, drives into town and goes to look at his oId home, now a boarding house. WhiIe waiting for a car repair he meets Antonia (Lizabeth Scott) who gets arrested for a probation vioIation. Sam asks WaIter to use his infIuence to get Antonio released from jail. When Martha.sees Sam again, Walter becomes jealous and the pIot thickens as the story takes form. The ending of this story will both surprise and stun you. This is a classic taIe of the paths life takes us down – for better or for worse. (Black & White) |
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