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: During filming, Barbara Stanwyck famously warned Van Heflin not to do his "coin-rolling" trick during her lines, threatening to "upstage him" by hiking up her skirt to adjust her garter.

: Critics describe her as a "ruthless matriarch" and a "hard-boiled, lustful vixen". Reviewers note that she is a more complex and "humanized" version of a femme fatale because we see her childhood trauma first. subtitle The.Strange.Love.of.Martha.Ivers.1946....

: Director Lewis Milestone briefly left the set during production to support a set decorators' strike; Byron Haskin took over direction for several days without receiving screen credit. : During filming, Barbara Stanwyck famously warned Van

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: One interesting modern interpretation suggests that the "strange love" referenced in the title is actually self-love , reflecting an ambivalence about the "exceptional" society of post-WWII America.

: This was the screen debut for Kirk Douglas, who played against his future "tough guy" type as an alcoholic, weak-willed husband .

: The film's introduction—featuring a dark, stormy night, a runaway girl, and a brutal act involving a walking stick—is described by some as "melodrama with all the stops pulled out," comparable to the high-stakes intensity of an Italian opera. Performances and Cast Highlights