 While head of production at Warner , Hal Wallis considered that some of his best films – including The Roaring Twenties , Marked Woman and The Sea Wolf – were written by Rossen . Wallis was very pleased with Rossen 's script in 1946 for The Strange Love of Martha Ivers , which was produced by Wallis own company . However , Rossen turned down Wallis 's next two films . Both Wallis as producer and Rossen as writer @-@ director wanted to operate as independents , rather than under the control of a studio . 
