The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Hal Wallis-Paramount) is described by its own pressagents as "a stealthy plot of murder, false witness, assault, lust, perfidy and tender love." The summary is too modest. The picture also includes some tidy touches of sadism, juvenile delinquency, blackmail, civic corruption, adultery and dipsomania.
The story begins back in 1928, when most of the film's principal characters are mere problem children. The youngsters get older but never any better adjusted. The little girl who inadvertently murders her horrid old aunt grows up to be a wealthy, power-mad,...
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