: 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.
: Though some contemporary 1946 reviews found her performance to lack conviction, modern viewers often praise her as a "morally conflicted" and "sympathetic" ex-con who provides a necessary contrast to Martha's coldness. Production Trivia subtitle The.Strange.Love.of.Martha.Ivers.1946....
: 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. : Director Lewis Milestone briefly left the set
: 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. : Critics describe her as a "ruthless matriarch"