Category: Films
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Iverstown is a fictional town in this 1946 film noir starring Barbara Stanwcyk, Van Heflin and introducing Kirk Douglas. Ivers is also my name (although I changed it after I married my other half). Iverstown is based in Pennsylvania and based on the milling industry, dominated by the Ivers family. I grew up watching old…
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Brief Encounter
I grew up watching old films. I can’t remember the first time I watched David Lean’s Brief Encounter (1945), I feel like I’ve always known it. However, it wasn’t until I watched it as a teenager that it became one of my favourite films. If you haven’t seen Brief Encounter it’s the story of a…