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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Dec 11, 2008 5:25:43 GMT -6
This was another great movie on the new Film Noir Collection I just purchased last week! :thumbsup: Barbara Stanwyck and Kirk Douglas deliver a stellar performance, which leaves you clinching your teeth and almost hating both of them! :uhuh: Stanwyck is an heiress to an empire, which was left to her by her aunt, played to the max by Judith Anderson! :thumbsup: Rounding out the cast is Van Heflin who plays Stanwyck's former boyfriend, who returns to town, leaving Stanwyck and Douglas sitting on pins and needles, as they fear he knows the truth to a murder which Stanwyck committed 18 years earlier! :nervous: I've seen the latter part of this movie twice and now it was a joy to be able to watch it in its entirety!
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Post by rmichaelpyle on Dec 11, 2008 13:54:11 GMT -6
You know, "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" was Kirk Douglas' first film. By the way, two days ago he turned 92 years old! Just seems like yesterday when "Lust for Life" was released. That was already 52 years ago! I was only 8 years old, but I still remember my parents and my grandparents oohing and ahing over it.
I'm a huge fan of "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers". Every time I watch it I see it from another perspective - usually from another character's viewpoint. Lizabeth Scott's nothing to slouch about in this film. She's very good, too.
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Post by Midge on Dec 11, 2008 17:33:54 GMT -6
There isn't much I can add to the comments above except to say that I love this movie! Lizabeth Scott shines in her role as the anti-Stanwyck, a woman who has had nothing but bad luck. I love the hotel room scene with Van Heflin when she offers to give him a book in exchange for a cigarette "as long as you don't care what kind of book it is." It's fun to see Kirk Douglas playing a weak-willed, drunken mama's boy instead of a square-jawed hero.
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Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Dec 11, 2008 21:15:23 GMT -6
I agree that Lizabeth Scott shined very well in her performance, with every bit as strong a lead as Barbara Stanwyck! She was definitely a "diva" of her time! And very, very attractive too, I might add! :thumbsup:
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