The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) coming from Kino

[Akijama]

Blu-ray Extras Include:

Remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Fine Grain

Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode

Trailers

Optional English Subtitles

Barbara Stanwyck, the legendary actress who defined the film noir femme fatale in 1944’s Double Indemnity, returns to the role of the deadly seductress in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. When streetwise gambler Sam Masterson (Van Heflin, Shane) returns to his hometown of Iverstown, childhood sweetheart Martha (Stanwyck) assumes he has come to blackmail her over the suspicious death of her aunt, which he witnessed years earlier. Thus begins a dangerous game of cat and mouse, in which the wealthy and powerful Martha, whose husband is the local district attorney (the film debut of Kirk Douglas, I Walk Alone), tries to threaten, connive and seduce the truth from Sam’s clenched lips. Lizabeth Scott (Pitfall) co-stars as a hard-boiled woman on probation whose attempts to go straight land her, ironically, in Iverstown’s vortex of circling sharks. Directed by Lewis Milestone (The General Died at Dawn), scripted by Robert Rossen (The Hustler) and scored by Miklós Rózsa (Spellbound), Martha Ivers is a razor-witted dance of death that represents Hollywood suspense at its most sublimely entertaining.

https://www.importcds.com/the-strang...s/738329260323

In September

[traths]

I've seen some pretty negative reviews of the Film Chest release from 10 years ago so I held off on purchasing that one. I hope the Kino release will be better.

[bonehica]

Definitely will upgrade my FC blu. It is...rough. This is an essential noir and deserves better.

[javi92]

Has there every been a release of this that wasn't terrible PQ wise?

[DukeTogo84]

Never got around to buying this because I've heard so so reviews about the Film Chest release. Hopefully this one will be better.

[filmlover22]

Is this an Universal noir? If so, then I would think it could end up on Indicator Universal Noir #2

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Never got around to buying this because I've heard so so reviews about the Film Chest release. Hopefully this one will be better.

It will definitely be better. Paramount owns the original elements, and released a DVD of it that was even superior to Film Chest's BD. Expect a solid upgrade.

Originally Posted by filmlover22

Is this an Universal noir? If so, then I would think it could end up on Indicator Universal Noir #2

No, it's Paramount noir Also, I think it's too big of a title to be put in one of Indicator's sets. I think they'd do a standalone like they did for The Big Heat and The Lady From Shanghai.

[whiteberry]

Remastered in HD by Paramount Pictures – From a 4K Scan of the 35mm Fine Grain

Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Alan K. Rode

Trailers

Optional English Subtitles

https://www.klstudioclassics.com/product/view/id/9242

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

https://www.klstudioclassics.com/product/view/id/9242

Great! A 4K scan That means it's definitely not the same master as the 2005.

[whiteberry]

[Hammerlover]

I remember watching this on A&E back in the 1980s. It will be nice to see it again in this fresh scan.

[SeanJoyce]

So glad I held off on buying any version of this movie...will be well worth the wait.

[milojthatch]

More Stanwyck is never a bad thing!

[silverlakephil]

I plan on pre ordering Imprint’s Film Noir #3 box set. Hopefully their version will have the same or similar scan

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by silverlakephil

I plan on pre ordering Imprint’s Film Noir #3 box set. Hopefully their version will have the same or similar scan

Since it's a master provided by Paramount, I'm sure it'll be the same

[BluPat]

Great movie! Yea that Film Chest debacle was awful.

Definitely getting this.

[traths]

Originally Posted by milojthatch

More Stanwyck is never a bad thing!

And Lizabeth Scott.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

Since it's a master provided by Paramount, I'm sure it'll be the same

You never know for sure. Eureka released Five Graves to Cairo around the same time Kino Lorber did, and Eureka even claimed at first that their disc would have the same new 4K transfer the KL disc would. Right before Eureka's disc was released, the text about the new master vanished, and their disc ended up having the ancient HD master from the DVD, not the new 4K master, which ended up being exclusive to the KL disc.

All I'm saying is that it's never safe to assume with these things, especially when KL announces a new 4K transfer and a foreign label announces the same film around the same time. It's better to wait until the actual disc has been reviewed.

Imprint's recent release of The Counterfeit Traitor is an ancient DVD-era HD transfer, while KL's upcoming disc is announced to have a new 4K transfer from the negative. Obviously those are coming out months apart, but it's still a similar situation.

[koberulz]

Really hope Imprint gets the new master because a) I'll be buying the box anyway and b) it easily bests Kino for extras.

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Really hope Imprint gets the new master because a) I'll be buying the box anyway and b) it easily bests Kino for extras.

Same master on the Imprint and KL discs:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-...rs_blu-ray.htm